Pterosaurs, like most other reptiles, started life as an egg, and fossil pterosaur eggs are very rare. Paleontologists have discovered several eggs, embryos, baby pterosaurs and nesting grounds.
Getting into the air
Before birds and bats, pterosaurs were the first flying vertebrates in Earth's history. When pterosaurs were first discovered, most scientists recognized that they were flying animals, but just how they got into the air was a mystery.
pterosaurs
Vectidraco
The only specimen of Vectidraco was discovered eroding from a cliff on the Isle of Wight.
Cryodrakon
Paleontologists thought the first bones from this giant Canadian pterosaur were from Quetzalcoatlus.
Bogolubovia
Russia’s first discovered pterosaur fossil was a partial neck vertebrae from a medium-sized azhdarchid.
Draigwenia
Draigwenia was a marine fisher known only from the tips of its upper jaws.
Cascocauda
This insect-eating pterosaur had a longer tail than most of its close kin.
Barbaridactylus
Barbaridactylus fished off the coast of Africa in the final years of the Mesozoic Era.
Vectidraco
The only specimen of Vectidraco was discovered eroding from a cliff on the Isle of Wight.
Cryodrakon
Paleontologists thought the first bones from this giant Canadian pterosaur were from Quetzalcoatlus.
Bogolubovia
Russia’s first discovered pterosaur fossil was a partial neck vertebrae from a medium-sized azhdarchid.
Draigwenia
Draigwenia was a marine fisher known only from the tips of its upper jaws.
Cascocauda
This insect-eating pterosaur had a longer tail than most of its close kin.
Barbaridactylus
Barbaridactylus fished off the coast of Africa in the final years of the Mesozoic Era.
Vectidraco
The only specimen of Vectidraco was discovered eroding from a cliff on the Isle of Wight.
Cryodrakon
Paleontologists thought the first bones from this giant Canadian pterosaur were from Quetzalcoatlus.
Bogolubovia
Russia’s first discovered pterosaur fossil was a partial neck vertebrae from a medium-sized azhdarchid.
