Long before the Wright brothers had a brainwave there were the Pterosaurs - the earliest vertebrates known to have mastered the art of self-powered flight.
Pterosaurs ruled the skies during the Mesozoic - the age of dinosaurs - but don't fall into the trap many people do; Pterosaurs were not dinosaurs.
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Pterosaurs ruled the skies during the Mesozoic - the age of dinosaurs - but don't fall into the trap many people do; Pterosaurs were not dinosaurs.
Click here to search the database for Pterosaurs.
Further reading
• Mark P. Witton (2013) "Pterosaurs: Natural History, Evolution, Anatomy".