Long before birds took flight, the skies belonged to the pterosaurs, the most extraordinary flying creatures in Earth’s history. From the bat-sized Anurognathids to the towering Azhdarchids, this ...

About 150 million years ago powerful storm winds buffeted two young pterosaurs, snapping forelimb bones in their fragile wings and sending them hurtling to their deaths in the muddy depths of a lagoon ...

Two tiny pterosaurs, preserved for 150 million years, have revealed a surprising cause of death: violent storms. Researchers at the University of Leicester discovered both hatchlings, nicknamed Lucky ...

An artist’s impression of a tiny Pterodactylus hatchling struggling against a raging tropical storm, inspired by fossil discoveries. “Pterosaurs had incredibly lightweight skeletons. Hollow, ...

In southern Germany’s Solnhofen limestones, scientists examine two tiny fossils from 150 million years ago.

The broken wings of two young pterosaurs may reveal how hundreds of their kind met their end about 150 million years ago. The culprit was probably a violent windstorm that proved too powerful for the ...

A revisit to a pterosaur-abundant fossil site uncovered how two baby pterosaurs met an unusually chilling death 150 million years ago. reading time 3 minutes The Solnhofen Limestone, a fossil hotspot ...

(CNN) — A violent storm may have sent two baby pterosaurs spiraling to their deaths in a lagoon about 150 million years ago, based on a new analysis of the tiny, astonishingly well-preserved fossils.

Two baby pterosaurs that died 150 million years ago have helped scientists uncover the prehistoric event that claimed their lives and shaped their preservation. Researchers from the University of ...