They weren’t birds, but pterosaurs—-ancient flying reptiles of the archosaur ... an asteroid impact and spelled the end of ...

Microraptors, which had wings on all four limbs, were feathered, flying dinosaurs that lived between 113 million and 125 million years ago. They had adaptations for powered flight that were better ...

After all, there are marsupials ... More than that, what seemed like a basic question about the first flying dinosaurs only creates more questions about what led different dinosaurs in different ...

We don’t have enough fossils yet to know for sure, but the discovery of Sciurumimus is a significant clue that most, if not all, dinosaur lineages were at least partially decorated with ...

Not all dinosaurs evolved into birds ... "It was only recently that scientists realized that birds are not the only flying dinosaurs," says O'Connor. "And there have been debates about whether ...

Some flying dinosaurs flapped their wings while others would soar like vultures, according to a new study. It has previously been debated whether the largest pterosaurs could fly at all.

all flying species have nine to 11 primary feathers. When the birds have fewer or more feathers than 11 primaries, it must be a flightless species. And then we again go back to the extinct species, ...

Birds and crocodilians belong to a diverse menagerie of creatures known as the archosaurs, which also include all dinosaurs and the extinct flying reptiles known as pterosaurs. The first ...

Feathered dinosaurs are all around us today. Birds — from pigeons to penguins ... As it stands now, fuzzy, featherlike body coverings have been found among pterosaurs — flying reptiles related to ...

wiped out all non-avian dinosaurs and most avian dinosaurs as well, and many other animals, and seems to have taken most pterosaurs. The term "flying dinosaur" commonly used to refer to pterosaurs ...