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Soh Kam Yung

A look at what is probably a precursor of the flying pterosaurs.

""It was relatively small compared to the giants that would follow it later in Earth’s history. With a hip height of approximately 0.3 meters (about a foot) and a length of perhaps a meter (roughly three feet), this ancient reptile existed long before the evolution of the pterosaurs most of us recognize."

arstechnica.com/science/2023/0

Ars TechnicaNew Triassic fossil features sharp claws and a nasty beakA non-flying precursor to pterosaurs shared the Earth with the first dinosaurs.