| UPDATED: 07:12, Fri, Dec 11, 2020 Link copied Sign up for FREE for the biggest new releases, reviews and tech hacks SUBSCRIBE Invalid email When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Pterosaurs were the earliest reptiles to evolve powered flight and the new discovery of their closest relatives’ remains has allowed dinosaur experts to learn more about their evolution. Skulls and skeletons recently unearthed in North America, Brazil, Argentina and Madagascar have revealed a group of "dinosaur precursors" dubbed lagerpetids are the closest relatives of pterosaurs.