Pterosaurs' Evolution from Tree-Climbers

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Pterosaurs needed feet on the ground to become giants

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Study determines when and how pterosaurs went from tiny tree-climbers to towering terrestrial titans.

Pterosaurs first came down from the trees in the mid-Jurassic Period, paving the way for giants with 10-meter wingspans.

Ability to walk efficiently on the ground played crucial role in determining how large the biggest flying animals could grow.

This remarkable feature, resembling the feeding method of modern flamingos, emerged at least 120 million years before the first flamingos evolved. Story Source: Journal Reference: - Robert S.H. Smyth, Brent H. Breithaupt , Richard J. Butler , Peter L. Falkingham , David M. Unwin . Hand and foot morphology maps invasion of terrestrial environments by pterosaurs in the mid-Mesozoic . Current Biology , 2024 ; DOI: 10.1016 /j.cub.2024.09.014 Cite This Page:.

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