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Scientists discover the “Monkeydactyl” — a Jurassic-era flying dinosaur with opposable thumbs – CBS News
The discovery marks the earliest known record of a true opposed thumb in Earth’s history.
It soared across the skies, had opposable thumbs and lived in China during the Jurassic era: Meet the “Monkeydactyl” — a newly discovered ancient dinosaur.
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 published in the journal Current Biology on Monday. Antipollicatus means “opposite thumbed” in ancient Greek.
Pterosaurs were the first known vertebrates…
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