Rare 89-million-year-old flying reptile fossil from Texas may be world's oldest pteranodon
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - 13:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Fossil bones discovered in Texas are from the left wing of an ancient flying reptile that died 89 million years ago, representing what may be the world's earliest occurrence of the prehistoric creature Pteranodon, says paleontologists. If the reptile is pteranodon, it would be the first of its kind discovered as far south as Texas within the ancient Western Interior Seaway.