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• n  an extinct reptile of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a bird-like beak and membranous wings supported by the very long fourth digit of each forelimb

• Because pterosaur fossils and footprints have been found primarily in marine and freshwater environments, paleontologists believe many pterosaurs had tastes similar to modern sea .
• What researchers don't know about pterosaurs still far outweighs what they do know, but at least some of the dark corners of pterosaur life are beginning to divulge their secrets.
• Have a haircut, get a pterosaur.

• flying reptile

News & Articles

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• High diversity of flying reptiles in England 110 million years ago
  Pterosaurs are an extinct group of flying reptiles that are only abundant in very few deposits. One of these is situated in England, where hundreds of fossils of these animals, that covered the skies some 110 million years ago, have been unearthed. Paleontologists have re-analyzed these fossils and discovered that they had a much higher diversity of groups than previously thought.
  June 13, 2013 - Science Daily
• English flying reptiles had relatives in Brazil
  By Stephanie PappasLiveScience Flying reptiles that once winged around England 110 million years ago are closely related to their contemporaries found in Brazil and elsewhere around the world, new research finds.The new study is the first comprehensive look at the dizzying array of pterosaur bone fragments found in England. These fossils, which date back to the Cretaceous period, are all ...
  June 12, 2013 - NBC NEWS

Quotes

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• Paul Sereno in Science Daily (press release)
  Somehow this huge species was able to fish on the wing. We imagine a pterosaur soaring over the water and somehow stalling to snag a fish,Sereno said. "It was a tremendous animal."
• Sankar Chatterjee in MSNBC
  There are lots of pterosaur footprints which suggest that they walked around on four legs,Chatterjee told me.