Carolyn Gramling
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Pterosaurs may have been able to fly as soon as they hatched

Pterosaurs may have been able to fly as soon as they hatched

Pterosaur hatchlings may have been able to fly right out of the shell — although the flight of those ancient baby reptiles might have looked a bit different from that of the adults.A new analysis of the fossilized wing bones of embryonic, newly hatched and adult pterosaurs suggests the baby creatures from the start, researchers report July 22 in Scientific Reports.Pterosaurs were a diverse group of ancient flying reptiles that lived alongside dinosaurs from the Triassic to the Cretaceous periods, 228 million to 66 million years ago. The group includes Quetzalcoatlus northropi, the largest...

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