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'Some pterosaurs would flap, others would soar'—new study confirms flight capability of these giants of the skies

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'Some pterosaurs would flap, others would soar'—new study confirms flight capability of these giants of the skies

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Some species of pterosaurs flew by flapping their wings while others soared like vultures, demonstrates a new study published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

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Paleontology, also spelled palaeontology[a] or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossils to classify organisms and study their interactions with each other and their environments (their /c/paleoecology. Read more…

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