Examples of pterosaur in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But the pterosaur skeletal fossils are equally astonishing in and of themselves. — Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 6 June 2022 Further analysis of the fossil found that the feathers on the pterosaur may have been inherited from an ancestor common to both dinosaurs and pterosaurs. — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2022 There are over 200 species of pterosaur, ranging from the 16-foot-tall Quetzalcoatlus to the sparrow-sized Anurognathus. — Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Aug. 2021 Later work concluded Marsh had found some of the first pterosaur fossils in North America. — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 26 Apr. 2022 Found in northeast Brazil, this type of pterosaur had a wingspan of 16 feet and was known for its huge headcrest. — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2022 There has also been some academic debate about whether pterosaur fuzz represents true feathers or featherlike pycnofibers. — Riley Black, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2022 The partial skull, more precisely, is the pterosaur’s crest. — NBC News, 20 Apr. 2022 Though this area of paleontology is still new, previous pterosaur studies only found homogenous melanosome shapes in their tissues. — Riley Black, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2022 See More

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