A Smithsonian-led team of researchers have discovered North America's oldest known pterosaur, the winged reptiles that lived ...

Fossils of the pterosaur were discovered in Petrified Forest National Park. The fossils date back 209 million years.

Paleontologists know the bone bed as PFV 393. The late fossil preparator Bill Amaral found the site in 2011 on a field trip ...

At a remote bone bed in Arizona, researchers have unearthed North America's oldest known pterosaur, offering groundbreaking insights into the evolution of these ancient flying reptiles. What does this ...

Overshadowed by the Grand Canyon, this quiet desert park might just surprise you. From rainbow-colored badlands to Route 66 ...

The team named the new pterosaur species Eotephradactylus mcintireae. The generic name means ‘ash-winged dawn goddess’ and references the site’s volcanic ash and the animals’ position near the base of ...

A rare Triassic fossil site reveals North America's oldest known pterosaur, Eotephradactylus mcintireae, in what was once a ...

A fossil from a seagull-sized winged reptile that lived millions of years ago was found in Arizona, and the creature has now ...

Found deep in the backcountry of the Petrified Forest National Park and uncovered by a volunteer in Washington, the specimen ...

Paleontologists have uncovered in Arizona a Triassic treasure trove of fossils dating back 209 million years ago.