Aloft over the landscape of Bavaria some 147 million years ago was a pterosaur – an ancient flying reptile – with a wing span of about 7 feet (2 meters), a bony crest on front of its snout and a mouthful of sharp teeth, searching for a lizard or another nice morsel to eat.
Scientists have unearthed a well-preserved fossil skeleton of this newly identified species, named Skiphosoura bavarica, in