{"id":10484,"date":"2022-12-11T17:53:43","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T17:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/new-species-of-pterosaur-found-in-africa-2"},"modified":"2022-12-11T17:58:12","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T17:58:12","slug":"new-species-of-pterosaur-found-in-africa-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/new-species-of-pterosaur-found-in-africa-2","title":{"rendered":"New Species of Pterosaur Found in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Cape verde. <\/strong><\/span>Pterosaurs, the largest flying animals ever and the first flying vertebrates, appeared during the Triassic period, 215 million years ago, and died out at the end of the Cretaceous period. The creatures inhabited all continents and ranged in size from that of a sparrow, to having a wingspan of 12 meters.<\/p>\n<p>A new species of pterosaur with a wingspan of nearly 4.8 meters has been found in Angola, as per a report by the Southern Methodist University in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>These pterosaurs, named Epapatelo otyikokolo, are believed to have been piscivorous and are thought to have lived a lifestyle similar to that of today\u2019s large sea birds<\/p>\n<p>The first part of the name \u201cEpapatelo\u201d is a translation of the Angolan Nhaneca dialect word for \u201cwing,\u201d while the second part \u201cotyikokolo\u201d means \u201clizard.\u201d Nhaneca is an indigenous language spoken in Angola\u2019s Namibe province on Angola\u2019s Atlantic coast, where the fossils were discovered. The pterosaur fossils date back to the Late Cretaceous, 100.5 \u2013 66 million years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The first pterosaur discovery was made in Italy in 1784. Cosimo Collini, who found the ancient reptiles, initially thought pterosaurs were aquatic animals rather than flying ones. This view was held until the 19th century, when French natural scientist Georges Cuvier found that pterosaurs actually flew.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\">Cape verde<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Cape verde. Pterosaurs, the largest flying animals ever and the first flying vertebrates, appeared during the Triassic period, 215 million years ago, and died out at the end of the Cretaceous period. The creatures inhabited all continents and ranged in size from that of a sparrow, to having a wingspan of 12 meters. 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