'Missing link' pterosaur found in China
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 18:35
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Chinese and British palaeontologists have identified a crow-sized fossil that they believe fills a key gap in our understanding of the mysterious flying reptiles known as pterosaurs.
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