Monday, April 28, 2014

Found! Father of Dragons

A pterodactyloid, a flying dinosaur, was found in Chinese and researchers have determined that it is the oldest of the flying dinos, the pterosaurs. This fellow is quite small, but is the oldest of his kind and is probably one of the ancestors of the giant predactyles that dominated the skies 230 million years ago.


The fossils were found in China and have been dubbed Kryptodrakon Progenitor, to mark them as the first of that genus. They are all marked by a very distinctive bone that springs from the palm and, depending upon the species, attached either to the pinkie finger or ring finger. 

These guys are not related to modern birds as are dinosaurs. Read more at Live Science.

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