2020, Year of the Deeply Ancient Beasts
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 arou...
Source: ancient-origins.net