Pterosaur fossil. Fossilised remains of a Pterodactylus longirostris pterosaur. Pterodactylus were flying reptiles that lived during the Late Jurassic

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Pterosaur fossil. Fossilised remains of a Pterodactylus longirostris pterosaur. Pterodactylus were flying reptiles that lived during the Late Jurassic period (150-148 million years ago) and were the first pterosaur genus to be identified. This specimen has a wingspan of 50 centimetres.

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Photo credit: © DIRK WIERSMA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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