{"id":221416,"date":"2025-01-22T14:27:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T14:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/22\/a-mysteriously-large-pterosaur-finally-has-an-identity\/"},"modified":"2025-01-22T14:27:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T14:27:15","slug":"a-mysteriously-large-pterosaur-finally-has-an-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/22\/a-mysteriously-large-pterosaur-finally-has-an-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"A mysteriously large pterosaur finally has an identity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One pterosaur species gave itself quite the makeover as it grew older and larger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scientists have spent more than a century wondering if a large and anatomically quirky flying reptile fossil represented a distinct species from its much smaller peers. Not so, researchers report January 2 in PeerJ<\/em>. The Jurassic \u201cgiant,\u201d they argue, is a superlative for this species<\/a>. The findings help reveal how the extinct fliers may have warped physically and ecologically over their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n