Around 220 million years ago, shifting climate conditions created an environment that allowed pterosaurs to evolve and take ...

Pterosaurs, which dominated the skies of the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, first evolved to take to the air in warm and humid conditions during the Late Triassic, a new study suggests.

Early pterosaurs loved temperate and humid habitats – and it might explain why their fossils are hard to find today.

The skies were empty for most of Earth’s history, but then light‑boned reptiles mastered powered flight roughly ...

New findings may have solved the debate around why scientists have never found the missing link between dinosaurs and ...

As if the thought of a flying pterosaur with a 6.5 foot wingspan dominating Earth’s skies wasn’t terrifying enough, paleontologists have now found an even older pterosaur ancestor with some ...

New Triassic fossil features sharp claws and a nasty beak A non-flying precursor to pterosaurs shared the Earth with the first dinosaurs. Jeanne Timmons – Aug 16, 2023 11:08 am | 26 ...

By applying this approach to later Triassic temperatures, rainfall and coastlines, we asked where early pterosaurs lived, regardless of whether they've shown up there in the fossil record.