Buried for 209 million years, a tiny flying reptile and its ancient neighbors just emerged from Arizona’s Triassic past.

A Smithsonian-led research team has discovered the oldest known pterosaur in North America, a sea gull-sized winged reptile ...

Fossils of the pterosaur were discovered in Petrified Forest National Park. The fossils date back 209 million years.

The new type of pterosaur, named Eotephradactylus mcintireae, was identified by a Smithsonian-led research team, according to ...

A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences introduced Eotephradactylus mcintireae, the earliest pterosaur yet found in North America and among the oldest recorded ...

“Although dinosaurs are found in contemporaneous rocks from Arizona and New Mexico, they were not part of this ecosystem that we are studying,” said paleontologist Ben Kligman of the Smithsonian ...

An artist's depiction of a landscape from 209 million years ago at Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona, based on fossils of plants and animals ...

A delicate jawbone unearthed in Arizona has revealed North America's oldest known pterosaur, a flying reptile no bigger than ...

A groundbreaking discovery in Arizona’s Petrified Forest reveals North America’s oldest pterosaur.