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RECONSTRUCTIONS BY MATT HUMPAGE, NORTHERN ROGUE STUDIOS
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For more than a century, scientists have been puzzled by the fossils found in Scottish sandstone. They pointed to a creature that roamed the Earth 231 million years ago with what looks like an oversized head, a short neck, bizarrely slender short ribs, and long hindlimbs.
Today, scientists report that high-resolution X-ray scans have filled out the creature's known anatomy, solving a paleontological riddle in the process. It turns out that the mystery creature belongs to a sister group to the pterosaurs, the flying reptiles that lived alongside the dinosaurs. What does this mean for our understanding of ancient life?
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