Dragon-like wingless reptile that lived 237 million years ago may
be the earliest ancestor of pterosaurs – the first flying animals on Earth
Mail Online, J. Chadwick, December 9, 2020
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Pterosaur Origins Flap into Focus
Fossils of small, delicate animals may reveal the early history of gigantic flying reptiles
By Riley Black on December 9, 2020
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The Original Story of Flight: Pterosaur Precursors Discovered That Fill
Gap in Early Evolutionary History Virginia Tech, Science Daily, December 11, 2020
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The paper is:
Ezcurra, M.D., Nesbitt, S.J., Bronzati, M., Dalla Vecchia, F.M., Agnolin,
F.L., Benson, R.B., Egli, F.B., Cabreira, S.F., Evers, S.W., Gentil, A.R.
and Irmis, R.B., 2020. Enigmatic dinosaur precursors bridge the gap to
the origin of Pterosauria. Nature, pp.1-5.
Yours,
Paul H.
"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)