Fossil from Germany Provides New Details about Ancient Flying Reptiles — VOA Learning English
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Scientists say a fossil found in Germany is providing new details about flying reptiles that lived on Earth about 147 million years ago.
The fossil was discovered in 2015 in the southeastern German state of Bavaria. It contains the remains of a newly identified species called Skiphosoura bavarica.
Skiphosoura is considered a pterosaur, an ancient flying reptile. It lived toward the end of the Jurassic Period. Researchers say the creature played an important part in the development of ecosystems during the age of the dinosaurs.
The reptile had a wing reach of about 2 meters for traveling and a set of sharp teeth to help capture and eat other animals. Skiphosoura would have been one of the…
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