pterodactyls.
Pterodactylus antiquus was the first pterosaur to be named and identified as a flying reptile, while
Terrordactyl was an awesome 2016 movie where ancient flying reptiles attacked Los Angeles. Now, an international team has uncovered an astounding discovery based on remains found in northeast China. Make way for the amazing
Monkeydactyl, the earliest known opposed thumb flying reptile that lived 160 million years ago.
The
Properly named
Kunpengopterus antipollicatus, the small-sized pterosaur’s fossil was found in a slab of stone in north-east China. With a wingspan around 2.8 feet (85 cm), the opposed thumb flying reptile lived in trees and grasped branches. For a full and detailed description of creature you can read a new paper published in the journal