The team examined a pair of well-preserved specimens of Kunpengopterus, a toothy flier with a long beak that inhabited forests on lake shores late in the Late Jurassic era some 160 million years ago.

Scientists examined two Kunpengopterus sinensis specimens. The green arrows indicate the pellets and the yellow arrows indicate the isolated fish scales. Jiang et al., Philosophical Transactions ...

An artist's rendering of a newly described species of flying reptile named Kunpengopterus antipollicatus. The Jurassic-era pterosaur may be the earliest animal known to possess opposable thumbs ...

Please, welcome Kunpengopterus antipollicatus! A new pterosaur from the Jurassic of China with a reversed, or opposed, thumb. This is the first such case for a pterosaur.

The bizarre Kunpengopterus antipollicatus, appropriately nicknamed the Monkeydactyl, lived in a forest ecosystem 160 million years ago, an international team of researchers said in a report ...

The pterosaur species Kunpengopterus antipollicatus lived during the Jurassic era in China. It was fairly small, with a wingspan of about 33 inches (85 centimeters).

Paleontologists have discovered a flying dinosaur with opposable thumbs dubbed the "Monkeydactyl." This is the first time researchers have found dinosaurs with thumbs that could grasp objects. The ...

EVIDENCE of a sharp toothed tree climbing dinosaur has been discovered and experts are calling it the “Monkeydactyl”. The ancient creature is thought be the oldest example of an animal … ...

Mammals will have to take a seat in history books after a group of international scientists discovered a flying reptile with the oldest recorded opposing pollex – commonly known as a thumb. In a ...

The bizarre Kunpengopterus antipollicatus, appropriately nicknamed the Monkeydactyl, lived in a forest ecosystem 160 million years ago, an international team of researchers said in a report ...