Sharovipteryx mirabilis, early gliding reptile Triceratops Thousands of highly remarkable fossils

Thousands of highly remarkable fossils have been found in the quarries

The orange bars in the photos are 10 centimeters for scale

5 inches in diameber at the base and weight about 20 pounds each

In some cases hundreds of stones

Sharovipteryx mirabilis, early gliding reptile Triceratops Thousands of highly remarkable fossilsPronounced (shahr ov IP ter iks) Sharovipteryx (meaning "Sharov's wings"), aka Podopteryx, was a Pterosauromorpha (a gliding thecodont, a pre pterosaur) from the early Triassic period, about 245 million years ago. Sharovipteryx was a gliding animal that used its uropatagium, a small, fibrous flap of skin that stretched from the very long legs and the tail. It had large eyes, a long snout, and small triangular teeth. A single fossil (together with some