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Study: Several Groups of Pterosaurs Became More Terrestrial 160 Million Years Ago


Pterosaurs are often imagined soaring over the heads of dinosaurs, but a new analysis of their fossilized footprints shows that some of these flying reptiles were just as comfortable walking on the ground.

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