Flying Reptiles

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  Fossils Of "Sea Phantom" Flying Reptile Found In Australia

  Scientists have announced the discovery in the Australian state of Queensland of fossils of a creature which lived alongside the dinosaurs and various marine reptiles during the Cretaceous Period.

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  Fossil Of Unique Flying Reptile From Middle Jurassic Period Discovered On Scottish Island

  This pterosaur, named Ceoptera, lived approximately 168-166 million years ago during the Middle Jurassic period.

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  "Dragon Of Death" Flying Reptile Found. It Lived 86 Million Years Ago

  Argentine scientists discovered a new species of a huge flying reptile dubbed "The Dragon of Death" that lived 86 millions of years ago alongside dinosaurs, in a find shedding fresh insight on a predator whose body was as long as a yellow school bus.

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  "Frozen Dragon Of North Wind" Among Largest Flying Animals: Scientists

  A new species of Pterosaur, a flying reptile, has been identified in the vast, dry terrain of Canada's badlands. On Tuesday, it was anointed as "Cryodrakon boreas," Greek for "Frozen dragon of the north wind."

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  Ancient 'Loch Ness Monster' Reptiles Swam Like Penguins

  Plesiosaurs, marine reptiles that thrived in the world's seas when dinosaurs ruled the land, swam much like penguins by using their flippers to "fly" underwater, scientists said on Thursday, resolving a debate that began nearly two centuries ago.

• Ancient Flying Reptile's Head Crest Looked Like a Yacht's Sail

  A flying reptile whose head was topped with a big bony crest shaped like the sail of a yacht swooped through the skies over Brazil roughly 90 million years ago.

• Dinosaur-Era Flying Reptiles Were Extremely Social

  The fossilised remains of Pterosaurs or flying reptiles - who were wiped out nearly 120 million years ago from earth - have provided a slice of prehistoric life - revealing that these dinosaur-era creatures were extremely social.

• Mysterious prehistoric reptiles fly into New York

  An international exhibition in New York explores the fascinating world of prehistoric flying reptiles, the pterosaurs who ruled the skies when dinosaurs ruled the earth millions of years ago.

• Fossils of oldest flying reptile found in Texas

  Fossils discovered in Texas from a flying reptile known as pteranodon that died 89 million years ago may be the oldest of its kind in the world.Pteranodon, a type of pterosaur (flying repitle) lived about the same time as some dinosaurs, about 100 million to 65 million years ago. The only reptiles to dominate the ancient skies, they had broad leath...