Pterosaur

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title: Pterosaur
text: Pterosaurs are an extinct clade of flying reptiles in the order Pterosauria. They existed during most of the Mesozoic: from the Late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous. Pterosaurs are the earliest vertebrates known to have evolved powered flight. Their wings were formed by a membrane of skin, muscle, and other tissues stretching from the ankles to a dramatically lengthened fourth finger. There were two major types of pterosaurs. Basal pterosaurs were smaller animals with fully toothed jaws an
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description: Flying reptiles of the extinct clade or order Pterosauria
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterosaur
date created: 2001-12-06T23:46:50Z
date modified: 2024-08-28T05:33:37Z
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image: {"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Pterosauria_Infobox_Panoply.png","width":1424,"height":2084}
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