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A mysteriously large pterosaur finally has an identity

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Scientists spent more than a century wondering if a large pterosaur fossil represented a distinct species from its much smaller peers.

Rhamphorhynchus was a snaggle-toothed pterosaurs that lived in parts of what is now Europe and Africa during the Jurassic Period roughly 150 million years ago.

The findings help reveal how the extinct fliers may have warped physically and ecologically.

Recent finds across different life stages have boosted researchers’ understanding of pterosaur biology more generally, he says. “But we still have much to discover.”.

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