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More Discoveries on the Horizon

Arizona’s Petrified Forest Reveals New Fossils

Gargi Chakravorty

When you think of , probably the first things that come to mind are those famous colorful logs turned to stone. But beneath this stunning landscape lies a treasure trove of ancient secrets that’s rewriting what we know about life on Earth over 200 million years ago. Scientists are discovering that this park isn’t just ...

Speculative life restoration of the early pterosaur Eotephradactylus mcintireae

Ash-Winged Dawn: Oldest North American Pterosaur Emerges from Triassic Bonebed

April Joy Jovita

A gull-sized flying reptile has emerged from fossil-rich layers of Arizona’s Petrified Forest, revealing the earliest known pterosaur in North America. Named Eotephradactylus mcintireae, this delicate creature lived 209 million years ago and shared its ecosystem with turtles, amphibians, and armored reptiles, capturing a moment of evolutionary transition before the end-Triassic extinction. A Fossil Treasure ...