These tiny 'dragons' flew through the trees of Madagascar 200 million years ago

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These tiny 'dragons' flew through the trees of Madagascar 200 million years ago
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Meet the flying reptile Coelurosauravus elivensis.

These unique features have earned the tiny lizard the title of “world’s first gliding reptile,”

from the French National Museum of Natural History in Paris and the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe in Karlsruhe, Germany. The first fossils ofand sparked a spirited debate over how the reptile actually lived and how it evolved to have these wings. The team on this study created a near-perfect skeletal reconstruction ofand the new research advanced knowledge of the tetrapod’s form and its habits.

“These dragons weren’t forged in mythological fire—they simply needed to get from place to place. As it turned out, gliding was the most efficient mode of transport and here, in this new study, we see how their morphology enabled this,” said lead author Valentin Buffa, from the Centre de Recherche en Paléontologie – Paris at the French Natural History Museum,

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