#lagerpetids

[justlordturkey]

Finished Venetoraptor gassenae

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

I'm not sure if it's your area of expertise but do you know anything about early pterosaurs? I was on Wikipedia reading about pterosauromoprha and I don't understand why lagerpeptidae are pterosauromoprhs

While I could answer this ask I want to tag in a bigger pterosaur expert than I. @raptorcivilization

[speedygal]

Scientists clarify origins of pterosaurs, the dinosaur era's flying reptiles

Scientists may have solved one of paleontology's enduring mysteries - the evolutionary origins of the flying reptiles called pterosaurs that ruled the skies at the same time that dinosaurs dominated the land.

Researchers said on Wednesday a poorly understood Triassic Period reptile group called lagerpetids, known from a few partial skeletons from the United States, Argentina, Brazil and Madagascar, appears to have been the evolutionary precursor to pterosaurs.

Lagerpetids, first appearing about 237 million years ago, were generally small and may have been bipedal insect-eaters. They could not fly. Pterosaurs became Earth's first flying vertebrates, with birds and then bats appearing much later.

[eartharchives]

The first dinosaurs' surprise neighbors: lagerpetids

New species of dinosaur and dinosaur precursor lagerpetids, uncovered from same spot in southern Brazil, filling in crucial fossil record gaps.