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RSS FeedsFilter-feeding pterosaurs were the flamingos of the Late Jurassic
(PHYSorg.com Archaeology & Fossils)

 
 

26 august 2019 15:03:19

 
Filter-feeding pterosaurs were the flamingos of the Late Jurassic
(PHYSorg.com Archaeology & Fossils)
 


Modern flamingoes employ filter feeding and their feces is, as a result, rich in remains of microscopically small aquatic prey. Very similar contents are described from more than 150-million-year-old pterosaur droppings, according to a recent paper in PeerJ. This represents the first direct evidence of filter-feeding in Late Jurassic pterosaurs and demonstrates that their diet and feeding environments were similar to those of modern flamingoes.


 
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