“Pterosaur bones are very delicate – so finding fossils where another animal has clearly taken a bite is exceptionally ...
The bone was unearthed by researchers from the University of Reading.
Journal of Paleontology A scan of the bone found that the edges of the puncture don’t match the break points on the rest of ...
According to a new publication in the Journal of Paleontology, a juvenile pterosaur vertebrae fossil, commonly known as a ...
Paleontologist Caleb Brown said that the fossil is "exceptionally uncommon"—not least because the pterosaur was a juvenile.
The fossil, examined under a microscope and with micro-CT scans, has a conical puncture a sixth of an inch (4 mm) wide that ...
A juvenile pterosaur fossil found in Canada shows a crocodile bite from 76 million years ago, offering rare evidence of ...
Learn more about how this rare find gives researchers a glimpse at the predator-prey relationship these prehistoric creatures ...
Despite being one of the most widely dispersed clades of prehistoric reptiles, the paleoecology of pterosaurs is poorly ...
Scientists in Alberta have discovered a fossilized neck bone of Cryodrakon boreas, hinting at an ancient croc attack.