Paleontologist Caleb Brown said that the fossil is "exceptionally uncommon"—not least because the pterosaur was a juvenile.

Scientists have discovered the fossilized neck bone of a young Cryodrakon boreas, a large pterosaur, in Alberta's Dinosaur Provincial Park. The discovery suggests a dramatic encounter with a croc, ...

About 76 million years ago, a juvenile of one of the largest flying creatures in Earth's history, called Cryodrakon boreas, walked along a riverbank on a lush coastal plain and lowered its toothless ...

Tens of millions of years after a young pterosaur took its last breath in present-day Canada, paleontologists are ...

Scientists have unearthed in the badlands of Alberta's Dinosaur Provincial Park the fossilized neck bone ... happened at the time of death during an attack or after the animal was already dead ...

A juvenile pterosaur fossil found in Canada shows a crocodile bite from 76 million years ago, offering rare evidence of ...

Researchers said the "rare evidence provides insight into predator-prey dynamics in the region" during the Cretaceous Period. The bone was discovered in Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, during a ...

In Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta, Canada ... hole on a pterosaur vertebra raised questions about a potential attack. Brown, et al (2025) Journal of Paleontology A scan of the bone found ...

Scientists in Alberta have discovered a fossilized neck bone of Cryodrakon boreas, hinting at an ancient croc attack.