Pterosaur Beach

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Pterosaur Beach is the name that paleontologists have given to an area along a long gone lagoon in what is now southwestern France. The area is notable because it is the first time that the fossil footprints of a landing pterosaur have been discovered. The fossil footprints are approximately 140 million years old.[1]

The site has hundreds of fossilized pterosaur trackways.[2]

The discovery was made by Jean-Michel Mazin from the University of Lyon.[3]

References

  1. ^ Pterosaur "Runway" Found; Shows Birdlike Landing Style, National Geographic News, August 19, 2009
  2. ^ A prehistoric ‘runway’ used by flying reptiles, MSNBC, August 18, 2009
  3. ^ Fossil tracks show a pterosaur coming in for a landing Archived 2009-08-22 at the Wayback Machine, scienceblogs.com, August 18, 2009

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