Rare 95-Million-Year-Old Flying Reptile <I>Aetodactylus halli</I> is New Pterosaur Genus, Species (IMAGE)

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Rare 95-Million-Year-Old Flying Reptile <I>Aetodactylus halli</I> is New Pterosaur Genus, Species

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A 95-million-year-old fossilized jaw discovered in Texas has been identified as a new genus and species of flying reptile, Aetodactylus halli, says paleontologist Timothy S. Myers, who identified and named Aetodactylus halli. The rare pterosaur -- literally winged lizard -- is also one of the youngest members of the pterosaur family Ornithocheiridae in the world. It's only the second ornithocheirid ever documented in North America, says Myers, a postdoctoral fellow at Southern Methodist University, Dallas.

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