Scientists have identified a flying reptile species that lived around 209 million years ago, during the Late Triassic period.

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 ...

This ancient reptile’s jawbone was unearthed in Arizona in 2011 and was confirmed to be a new species with the aid of modern ...

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

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

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 ...