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150-Million-Year-Old Fossil Fills Important Gap in Evolution of Pterosaurs


A new genus and species of monofenestratan pterosaur being named Propterodacylus frankerlae documents the transition from the more ancient rhamphorhynchoid pterosaurs to the derived pterodactyloids.

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