Pterosaurs were a group of flying reptiles that lived during the age of dinosaurs.
Paleontologists have discovered a new species of pterosaur in Australia. The fossilized remains of the flying reptile, which lived among the dinosaurs, were discovered in western Queensland.Researchers from Curtin University identified the fossilized bones when they were first found, in 2021, by Kevin Petersen, curator at the Kronosaurus Korner museum in Richmond, Australia. The remains have been classified as Haliskia peterseni, a new genus and species of the anhanguerian pterosaur.
'With a wingspan of approximately , Haliskia would have been a fearsome predator around 100 million years ago when much of central western Queensland was underwater,' Pentland said in a statement.The full study is published in the online journal Scientific Reports.Pterosaurs had hollow bones, elongated fingers to support their wing membranes and varied diets that included fish, small vertebrates and invertebrates.
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