Expected to provide important clues on pterosaur evolution, the fossil is the first known member of a new genus.

A fossil found nearly three decades ago in southwestern Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture has been identified to be a previously ...

A fossil found nearly three decades ago in southwestern Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture has been identified to be a previously ...

A team of researchers re-examining a fossil found about 30 years ago in Kumamoto Prefecture concluded it is a new genus and ...

KUMAMOTO, Japan (Kyodo) -- A fossil found nearly three decades ago in southwestern Japan's Kumamoto prefecture has been identified to be a previously unclassified genus and species of pterosaur, or ...

Footprints over 160 million years old show that several pterosaur species walked on land. These prints match different flying reptile groups.