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Pterosaurs May Have Sported Far More Varied Wings than Paleontologists Imagined


New research from the University of Bristol suggests that pterosaurs -- the first vertebrates to achieve powered flight -- probably displayed a much wider array of wing shapes and flying styles than fossil-based reconstructions have depicted.

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