What is "pterosaurs"

Usage examples of "pterosaurs".

A group of pterosaurs had been working the ocean, skimming low over the surface seeking to scoop up fish in their hydrodynamically elegant beaks.

But as the orniths approached, coelurosaurs scuttled away and pterosaurs flapped awkwardly into the air.

Like pterosaurs waiting to make sure something is dead before they come down.

There were flocks of birds, and birdlike, furry pterosaurs, some of whom built huge rafts to support their nests at the center of the lakes, far from the land-based predators.

As more pterosaurs were attracted, the sky became darkened by their gaunt wings.

Birds and pterosaurs flew from their nests and roosting places, already startled by a threat they could not understand, seeking the comfort of the air.

The ground was now littered by debris from inland, bits of smashed trees and crushed animals, dead or dying pterosaurs and birds, even lake-bottom ooze.

Any birds in the air disappeared in a puff of flame, and the pterosaurs vanished into the maw of extinction.

These pterosaurs evolved from reptiles that had learned to glide during the Triassic.

Some pterosaurs were more light-weight because they no longer had bony tails, and some had unusual heads.