New study suggests, changes in the tree canopy facilitated the evolution There are now enough fossils to create a near-perfect skeletal reconstruction of this unusual dragon-like creature Researchers have run through near-perfect fossils of the World’s first gliding reptile with a fine-toothed comb and untangled hitherto unknown facets to discover it was a change in tree canopy which likely facilitated such flight in these creatures. Since the first fossils of Coelurosauravus elivensis were discovered in 1907, there has been spirited debate over how the animal actually lived during the Late Permian Period – between 260 million to 252 million years ago – and how its unique body parts fit together. Coelurosauravus elivensis Piveteau, 1926 (Madagascar, late? Permian), life reco...
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