New Japanese Pterodactyls

[MKIRKALDY <MKIRKALDY@aol.com>]

The Kyodo News Service reported the discovery of two different kinds of 
pterodactyls in Gifu Prefecture in central Japan, and one may be a new
type.  The pterodactyls are from the Cretaceous period and have 
centimeter-long teeth.  

"Makoto Manabe, a researcher at a national science museum, said 
it is the first time in Asia that fossils of more than one pterodactyl have 
been unearthed from the same plot of soil."

" 'The finding shows the local area, dating back to the Mesozoic (era), 
offered a rich environment in which more than one kind of pterodactyl 
could survive,' he said." 

Mary
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