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on September 16, 2017 in Alternative News - Conspiracy News

Living Pterosaurs (“pterodactyls”)?

by Glen J. Kuban Part of Kuban’s web sites Introduction “Pterodactyl” is an informal term referring to a group of prehistoric winged reptiles of the order Pterosauria, which are more properly called pterosaurs. The word comes from the Greek term for “winged lizard.” Pterosaurs are a diverse group (Figure 1), with over 100 recognized genera (Castro, 2016). Although they are also often called “flying dinosaurs,” pterosaurs are not actually dinosaurs, but a separate group of reptiles. Their fossils range from late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous (about 228 to 65 million years ago). Many early forms had...

by Glen J. Kuban Part of Kuban’s web sites Introduction “Pterodactyl” is an informal term referring to a group of prehistoric winged reptiles of the order Pterosauria, which are more properly called pterosaurs. The word comes from the Greek...

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