Newly discovered pterosaur that roamed the skies 160 million years ago is likened to Star Wars’ Porg

The idea of prehistoric flying reptiles conjures images of pointed-headed pterodactyls with sharp teeth and leathery skin, but a newly described pterosaur appears more cuddly than you’d expect. Paleontologists in China have uncovered a fossilized skeleton of Sinomacrops bondei, a new species andĀ genus that would have been covered in hair-like filaments and glided through primordial … Read more