Texas Pterosaur with An English Cousin (IMAGE)

Southern Methodist University

Texas Pterosaur with An English Cousin

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Pterosaur relatives from two continents suggests the prehistoric creatures moved between North America and England earlier in the Cretaceous -- despite progressive widening of the North Atlantic Ocean during that time, says SMU paleontologist Timothy S. Myers.

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(Hillsman Jackson, SMU)

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