Articles for tag: Cretaceous Period, Fossil Discoveries, Prehistoric Animals, prehistoric skies

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66 Million Years Ago, the Skies Belonged to Giant Predators on Stilts

Suhail Ahmed

Picture a horizon trembling under the shadow of wings as wide as a small plane and legs as tall as a person, stepping through river flats like a silent metronome. That was the late Cretaceous stage set for the giant azhdarchid pterosaurs – apex flyers with stilt-like limbs and a talent for surprise. Fossils say ...