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
Types The first pterosaurs were smaller-sized flying reptiles with long tails They were known as rhamphorhynchoids or beak snouts XTREME FACT Pterosaurs are often called pterodactyls However pterodactyls are just one type of pterosaur
During the 150 million years that pterosaurs soared in the skies these flying reptiles evolved into larger creatures with smaller tails and bigger brains This group is known as pterodactyloids or winged fingers
