A fossil from a seagull-sized winged reptile that lived millions of years ago was found in Arizona, and the creature has now ...

The team named the pterosaur the Eotephradactylus mcintireae, which means “ash-winged dawn goddess.” The species name ...

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

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

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

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

Ben Kligman, a Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellow and paleontologist at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, quarrying a bonebed in Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park in ...

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

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

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

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