The third
Texas pterosaur, 105 - million - year - old Coloborhynchus wadleighi, was identified in 1994 by then - SMU student Yuong - Nam Lee.
Nevertheless, identification of the new toothy
Texas pterosaur deepens a mystery surrounding the flying reptiles: There still is no evidence of close ties between North American and South American pterosaur populations, he said.
Not exact matches
«New North American
pterosaur is a Texan, but flying reptile's closest cousin is English: New species marks only the third toothed
pterosaur identified from North America's Cretaceous — each one discovered in North
Texas.»
The new
Texas native, Cimoliopterus dunni, is only the third
pterosaur species with teeth from the Cretaceous of North America.