Oldest pterodactyloid species discovered, named by international team of researchers
Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 11:10
in Paleontology & Archaeology
An international research team, including a George Washington University (GW) professor, has discovered and named the earliest and most primitive pterodactyloid—a group of flying reptiles that would go on to become the largest known flying creatures to have ever existed—and established they flew above the earth some 163 million years ago, longer than previously known.