Pterosaurs artwork (IMAGE)

University College Cork

Pterosaurs artwork

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Yang et al. (2023) show that large-bodied pterosaurs, such as the giant Pteranodon (shown here), probably practiced parental care. Unlike small pterosaurs, which were born with well-developed wings and could fly soon after hatching, large pterosaurs were born with small arms that would not have facilitated active powered flight, and parental care would have been essential to survival of the young and enabling them to grow to huge sizes. Artwork by James Robins.

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James Robins/UCC

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