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In News: The new pterosaur nicknamed Monkeydactyl  fossil was discovered in the Tiaojishan Formation of Liaoning, China, and is believed to be 160 million years old.

About MonkeyDactyl

  • The pterosaur species were reptiles, close cousins of dinosaurs and the first animals after insects to evolve powered flight.
  •  They evolved into various species; while some were as large as an F-16 fighter jet, others were as small as paper airplanes.
  • The new pterosaur fossil was discovered in the Tiaojishan Formation of Liaoning, China, and is thought to be 160 million years old. 
  • It has now been described by an international team of researchers from China, Brazil, UK, Denmark and Japan, and has been named Kunpengopterus antipollicatus, also dubbed “Monkeydactyl”.

What researchers found?

  • Antipollicatus in ancient Greek means opposite thumbs, and it was attached to the name because the researchers’ findings could be the first discovery of a pterosaur with an opposed thumb.
  • By studying its forelimb morphology and musculature, suggest that K. antipollicatus could have used its hand for grasping, which is likely an adaptation for arboreal life.
  • The recently found pterosaur fossil is far older than the one identified in 2019. Paleontologists had identified that species as a pterosaur that lived over 77 million years ago in what is Western Canada. 
  • Named Cryodrakon boreas, it was believed to be one of the largest flying animals, which “flew over the heads of dinosaurs”, with a wingspan of over 10 metres.
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