The new type of pterosaur, named Eotephradactylus mcintireae, was identified by a Smithsonian-led research team, according to ...

Fossils of the pterosaur were discovered in Petrified Forest National Park. The fossils date back 209 million years.

Jaw, wing bone, and tooth of Eotephradactylus mcintireae (209.2 Ma) reveal a floodplain ecosystem with fish, giant amphibians, and early turtles before the end-Triassic mass extinction.

In the remote reaches of Arizona s Petrified Forest National Park, scientists have unearthed North America's oldest known pterosaur a small, gull-sized flier that once soared above Triassic ecosystems ...