Scientists have identified fossil dinosaur footprints from a new species in B.C. and Alberta. They're believed to be the ...

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New discoveries Fossils found at Murgon in Queensland in the eighties first cast doubts on this story. Among the extraordinary finds is the oldest bat fossil in the world and a single tooth that ...

But something pterosaurs and bats do share is that when they first appear in the fossil record, they’re already able to fly. Direct evidence of how the reptiles took to the skies is lacking.