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Sordes pilosus

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Sordes pilosus Discovered in 1971, one of the first pterosaurs (Pterosauria) known to have been covered in thick fur: the name means ‘hairy filth’. The indication is that this reptile and its close relatives were homoiotherms. It was found in Upper Jurassic sediments of Chimkent, Kazakhstan, and was a small, toothed pterosaur with a long tail.

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Sordes pilosus

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

Sordes pilosus Discovered in 1971, one of the first pterosaurs known to have been covered in thick fur: the name means ‘hairy filth’. The indication is that this reptile and its close relatives were homoiotherms. It was found in Upper Jurassic sediments of Chimkent, Soviet Kazakhstan, and was a small, toothed pterosaur with a long tail.

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AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "Sordes pilosus." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-Sordespilosus.html

AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "Sordes pilosus." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-Sordespilosus.html

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