Butterfly Headed Flying Reptiles

[stoneage]

http://news.yahoo.com/flock-ancient-butterfly-headed-flying-reptiles-discovered-182540161.html

[stargatedalek]

I'm not exactly eager to trust the article, any links to the paper(s) themselves?

[Yutyrannus]

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0100005

Also, here's a cool picture of it:
http://yutyrannus.deviantart.com/art/Caiuajara-475393153

[stargatedalek]

thanks!

this is really amazing, I've shared the link around on a few other sites

[Ikessauro]

This was a totally awesome find! I live in Paraná, the southern Brazil state where the fossils were found. I had the opportunity to see them in the museum earlier this year back in January, when I went there to meet one of the authors of the paper on another matter. The museum was closed at the time, so they let me see the fossils, because I am trying find my way into paleontology research. Although I could not photograph or talk about them (too much) before the paper was published. They are truly amazing, perfectly preserved 3D structures. I had the luck to hold a piece of a skull myself! I was pretty excited, since it is the first mesozoic reptile to be found near where I live.