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Tiny pterosaur claims new perch on reptile family tree

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Fossils find suggests that cat-sized reptile lived alongside birds and larger pterosaurs.

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  1. Martin-Silverstone, E., Witton, M. P., Arbour, V. M. & Currie, P. J. R. Soc. Open Sci. 3, 160333 (2016).

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  1. Ramin Skibba
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Skibba, R. Tiny pterosaur claims new perch on reptile family tree. Nature (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2016.20507

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