Oldest Australian Pterosaurs Present New Prehistoric Problem
Pterosaurs are super cool, and I love them, but they have the worst fossil record among the Mesozoic rulers of the earth. They were the most hollow and hollow bones don’t survive the rock cycle or the fossilization process particularly well, so they are often fragmentary. Australia was home to a bunch of pterosaurs, just like every other continent, but their record is wonky. A brand-new study describes some tantalizing bits that provide a brief mysterious glimpse to the true diversity of the region in the Mesozoic.
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Adele H. Pentland, Patricia Vickers-Rich, Thomas H. Rich, Samantha L. Rigby & Stephen F. Poropat (2023): Oldest pterosaur remains from Australia: evidence from the Lower Cretaceous (lower Albian) Eumeralla Formation of Victoria, Historical Biology, DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2023.2201827
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