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

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

Researchers were able to date the fossil of the flying reptile, a close cousin of dinosaurs, back to more than 209 million ...

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

Eotephradactylus mcintireae’ is the oldest-known flying reptile from the continent and roamed the skies 209 million years ago ...

A single deposit has produced a wealth of fossils revealing the late Triassic ecosystem, where giant amphibians cohabited ...

Ben Kligman, a Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellow and paleontologist at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, ...

From what the researchers were able to gather, the new species of pterosaur—dubbed Eotephradactylus mcintireae after Suzanne ...

Found deep in the backcountry of the Petrified Forest National Park and uncovered by a volunteer in Washington, the specimen helps fill gaps in the fossil record.

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The 209-million-year-old fossil offers clues to the evolution of the reptiles, which have more than 150 named species ...

With a nod to Route 66’s vintage charm and the region’s rich geological and cultural history, the Petrified Forest Museum ...