New Pterosaur Species Discovered In Utah Desert Had A Pelican-Like Pouch

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Artist’s impression of the Caelestiventus (“heavenly wind”) hanseni (Photo Credit: Michael Skrepnic/BYU)

About a decade ago, Brigham Young University paleontologists stumbled upon thousands of fossils at the Saints and Sinners quarry, an ancient, dried-up water hole, in northeastern Utah. Since there were too many to extract at the site, the team, led by Brooks Britt, cut the slabs of sandstone in which the bones were preserved and took them to the laboratory. Over the years, they have identified the remains of several late Triassic inhabitants, including several sphenosuchians - small crocodile-like creatures – and two carnivorous dinosaurs. However, the most exciting discovery was that of a new species of pterosaur that dates back over 200 million years, when supercontinent Pangea was still intact.

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  • minimoosepants7년 이하
    never thought about it?
    • xxxtentacion7년 이하
      cool
      • the cool one7년 이하
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          wehatehukejiju7년 이하
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          • Inmanol7년 이하
            The discovered was discover 1,2018
            • fortniter547년 이하
              this really helped me in school and was really interesting to read.
              • MR. BLOODY7년 이하
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                  • therobloxian
                    therobloxian7년 이하
                    Ewwwww! Thats such a gross bird! Thank god they're extinct! Am i right or am i right! XD
                  • Cardi B. rocks7년 이하
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