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  • Paleontologists Surprising Discovery: Fossil Shark Turns Into Mystery Pterosaur

    11/16/2020 11:54:21 AM PST · by Red Badger · 3 replies
    https://scitechdaily.com ^ | November 15, 2020 | By University of Portsmouth UK
    Pterosaurs with these types of beaks are better known at the time period from North Africa, so it would be reasonable to assume a likeness to the North African Alanqa. Credit: Attributed to Davide Bonadonna ======================================================================= Paleontologists have made a surprising discovery while searching through 100-year-old fossil collections from the UK – a new mystery species of pterosaur, unlike anything seen before. Lead author of the project, University of Portsmouth PhD student Roy Smith, discovered the mystery creature amongst fossil collections housed in the Sedgwick Museum of Cambridge and the Booth Museum at Brighton that were assembled when phosphate mining...