Flying Reptiles By S.L. Hamilton An imprint of Abdo Publishing www abdopublishing com A & D Xtreme
Flying Reptiles Pterosaurs were not dinosaurs but lived at the same time These winged lizards soared in the skies during the Mesozoic era They lived from about 215 million to 65 million years ago Anhanguera Old Devil XTREME FACT Pterosaurs were the first creatures after insects that could lift themselves from the Earth and fly using their own power
Pterosaurs were reptiles whose arms and bodies were covered in stretched skin They were not the ancestors of birds but they did have hollow air-filled bones that allowed them to fly They hunted fish small dinosaurs eggs and insects from prehistoric Earth’s skies
