Flying giant pterosaurs had longer neck than a giraffe, say experts
Apr 14, 2021
2 minutes
Pterosaurs, one of the first and largest vertebrates to learn to fly, have often been seen as the cool cousins of the infamous Tyrannosaurus rex.
Now scientists have discovered the 100m-year-old secret to the success of the flying pterosaur: a neck longer than a giraffe.
Palaeontologists from Portsmouth University
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