Stefan Selzer, an author on the project who prepared the specimen, said: "As a preparator I have worked on more than 60 pterosaur specimens from Solnhofen limestone. I recognized during the final ...

In a remarkable discovery at the Solnhofen limestone quarry in Bavaria, researchers have uncovered the remains of a new species of flying pterosaur. According to Tech the fossil, named ...

Stefan Selzer, an author on the project who prepared the specimen, said, "As a preparator I have worked on more than 60 pterosaur specimens from Solnhofen limestone. I recognized during the final ...

The first pterosaurs were uncovered in the Solnhofen limestone in Bavaria, Germany. In the Late Jurassic, the extremely fine sediments that settled in what was then a quiet lagoon environment have ...

The first described and named pterosaur -- and namesake of the whole group -- is Pterodactylus from the famous Solnhofen Limestone of Bavaria, southern Germany. Originally described in 1784 by the ...

It was found in the Schaudiberg Quarry, in the Solnhofen region, where the original Pterodactylus and other early pterosaur discoveries were made. Skiphosoura was apparently an innovator in having ...

Solnhofen Limestones quarry in Maxberg, Solnhofen, Germany, the region where the fossil was found. (credit: PePeEfe/Wikimedia Commons) The pterosaur's fossil was extremely complete, with nearly ...

Of 12 well-preserved pterosaurs from the Solnhofen Lagoon in Germany, it was the only one with preserved soft tissues. Dr. Pittman is a paleobiologist and assistant professor at the Chinese ...

pterosaurs and feathered dinosaurs like Archaeopteryx from the Solnhofen Limestone. The area’s latest find is a beautifully preserved — if pancaked — turtle. Described in an article ...