pterosaur Flight Styles Vary

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'Some pterosaurs would flap, others would soar'—new study confirms flight capability of these giants of the skies

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Two large-bodied azhdarchoid pterosaur species -- including one new to science -- found to be three -dimensionally preserved.

Researchers from the University of Michigan , Jordan and Saudi Arabia , studied fossils in Afro-Arabia , an ancient landmass that included both Africa and the Arabian Peninsula .

The discovery of diverse flight styles in differently-sized pterosaurs is "exciting," says lead author Dr. Kierstin Rosenbach .

Pterosaurs were the earliest and largest vertebrates to evolve powered flight, but they are the only major volant group that has gone extinct.

Professor Jeff Wilson Mantilla says the "variations likely reflect responses to mechanical forces applied on the pterosaurs' wings during flight".

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