[Rockhounds] Paleontologists Find Largest Jurassic Pterosaur Fossil Eroding on a Scottish Beach

[Paul]

Paleontologists Find Largest Jurassic Pterosaur Fossil Eroding on a 
Scottish Beach

The superlative size of Dearc sgiathanach is shifting scientists’ 
understanding of

pterosaur evolution.By Isaac Schultz, Gizmodo, february 23, 20222

https://gizmodo.com/paleontologists-find-largest-jurassic-pterosaur-fossil-1848576385

The paper is:

Jagielska, N., O’Sullivan, M., Funston, G.F., Butler, I.B., Challands, 
T.J., Clark, N.D.,

Fraser, N.C., Penny, A., Ross, D.A., Wilkinson, M. and Brusatte, S.L., 
2022. A

skeleton from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland illuminates an earlier 
origin of large

pterosaurs. Current Biology.

https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)00135-X

Yours,

Paul H.