#lagerpetids — Public Fediverse posts
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From last year, I missed this one - clue to pterosaur origins found in fossil of strange flightless ‘rabbit reptile' - the Venetoraptor gassenae, a Triassic lagerpetid https://archive.is/Ohjji
#history #science #pterosaurs #fossils #paleontology #Triassic #lagerpetids
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#Fossil study brings us one step closer to revealing how pterosaurs took flight https://theconversation.com/fossil-study-brings-us-one-step-closer-to-revealing-how-flying-dinosaurs-took-flight-196086
Scleromochlus and the early #evolution of #Pterosauromorpha https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05284-x
#Schleromochlus was either the earliest member of the #lagerpetids or a close relative of the #pterosaurs – even closer than other lagerpetids. Either way, this places Schleromochlus closer to the origin of pterosaurs than other lagerpetids. It also shared skull features with later pterosaurs.