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'Ash-winged dawn goddess' is oldest pterosaur ever discovered in North America — and it was small enough to sit 'on your shoulder'

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Eotephradactylus mcintireae is the oldest pterosaur ever discovered in North America .

The 209 million -year-old was found in sediment in Arizona 's Petrified Forest National Park .

It was part of a community of evolutionary newcomers, such as pterosaurs and turtles, sharing the landscape with each other.

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