Newly identified Nipponopterus mifunensis reflects global collaboration and showcases Japan's rich prehistoric heritage. A ...

A groundbreaking discovery has just placed Japan on the map of ancient flying creatures. For the first time in history, ...

A fossilized cervical vertebra discovered back in 1996 in southwestern Japan was found to have been from a new genus and species of pterosaur, a prehistoric flying reptile. A research team made up ...

Now, a newly discovered pterosaur species is helping explain ... In the 2010s, paleontologists found several intermediate species called darwinopterans. The specimens revealed that the head ...

A team of researchers re-examining a fossil found about 30 years ago in Kumamoto Prefecture concluded it is a new genus and species of pterosaur, a prehistoric flying reptile. It is the first such ...

Researches on this new pterosaur fossil suggest that ... Yandangopterus orientalis in 1997, more than 40 species of pterosaur fossils have been found in western Liaoning and its surrounding ...

A prehistoric sea monster never-before-known to man was hunting prey in North America 85 million years ago, fossils found decades ... identify the new genus and species. The genus name Traskasaura ...