“Extraordinary.” “Stellar.” “Truly awesome.” “A world-class find.”That's how paleontologists are reacting to the discovery of several hundred ridiculously well-preserved pterosaur eggs in China, some of them still containing the remains of embryos. And though these creatures lorded over the skies for around 162 million years, only a handful of pterosaur egg fossils have ever been unearthed. But now, we have a pterosaur egg extravaganza. Scientists found hundreds of pterosaur bones at the surface of the site (Alexander Kellner, Museu Nacional/UFRJ). And still other pterosaur species had short, squat skulls more like that of a frog, Chiappe said.

Source: Washington Post November 30, 2017 19:07 UTC