Paleontologists Crack Plesiosaur “Four-Wing” Mystery

New pterosaur species discovered in Japan. Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new species of quetzalcoatline azhdarchid pterosaur, Nipponopterus mifunensis, from Japan's Late Cretaceous period.

Paleontologists Discover a New Pterosaur, Filling a Key Gap on the Evolutionary Timeline for These Flying Reptiles. Revealed by a German fossil, the newly described species sheds light on questions that scientists have been puzzling over for nearly two centuries.

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