Scientist have Discovered the Earliest Species of Pterosaur – 210 Million Darwin Years Ago

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Joel Kontinen

Scientist have discovered the earliest species of pterosaur. Named Caelestiventus hanseni, it is about 210 millions-years old.

It predated its “known relatives” by 65 million years. It was not just reached adulthood but measured 1.5 metres in wingspan. Discovered in Utah, its delicate, bird-like skeleton are often found "in quite a crushed state” .

Intelligently designed for flight. Image courtesy of Hugo Salais López, Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Thus, 65 million “Darwin years” will not make evolution possible.


Source:

Halton, Mary. 2018, Palaeontologists have found a new species of pterosaur - the family of prehistoric flying reptiles that includes pterodactyl. . BBC News. (13 August).