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Fatal Accidents Encountered by Juvenile Pterosaurs

Pterosaurs were a group of reptiles that lived during the Mesozoic Era. They exhibited a wide diversity of forms and species, and they were also the first vertebrates to evolve powered flight. Because of this, the study of pterosaur flight has long attracted the attention of scientists. Recent studies suggest that pterosaurs were capable of flight from the moment they hatched, although their body structures at that stage appear to have been relatively fragile. In 2025, a study describing juvenile pterosaur fossils from the Solnhofen Limestone provided a concrete example supporting this view.

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