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Microbes destroyed an ancient pterosaur's wingbone, then preserved it for 100 million years

Researchers recovered steroid biomarkers and collagen-like fibers from the wing bone, offering the first molecular evidence that pterosaurs ate fish and squid-like prey.

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More than 100 million years ago, a flying reptile called a pterosaur flew over the oceans hunting squid and fish.

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A 113-Million-Year-Old Pterosaur Fossil Holds Chemical Clues to a Fish-and-Squid Diet

Learn how bacteria, oxygen, and layers of minerals locked fragile molecules inside a Cretaceous pterosaur fossil from Brazil instead of destroying them.

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Microbes destroyed an ancient pterosaur's wingbone, then preserved it for 100 million years

More than 100 million years ago, a flying reptile called a pterosaur flew over the oceans hunting squid and fish.

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Ancient Pterosaur Wing Reveals Biological Secrets Hidden For 100 Million Years

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Fossil of a Flying Reptile Survived 113 Million Years and Still Reveals What It Ate

Deep within the rock of the Brazilian Araripe Basin lay a fossilized wing bone. Not as a flat trace, but three-dimensional and intact, with bone cells, traces of connective tissue, and molecules that still revealed something about the flying reptile. Subscribe to the newsletter! Want the latest science news fresh in your inbox every day? Or every week? […] More science? Read the latest articles on Scientias.nl.

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