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Jurassic Pterosaur Had Unusually Short, but Stiff and Pointed Tail


Skiphosoura bavarica, a species of pterosaur that lived around 149 million years ago in what is now southern Germany, bridges the gaps between the early monofenestratan pterosaurs and the later pterodactyloids.

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