Sharovipteryx mirabilis, early gliding reptile Triceratops Sclerocephalus was once thought to

Sclerocephalus was once thought to be closely related to eryopoid temnospondyls

The cooling trend culminated in the Ice Age of the Pliocene (10-3 million years ago)

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

Ichthyosaurs had a tall dorsal fin

Thousands of highly remarkable fossils have been found in the quarries

Sharovipteryx mirabilis, early gliding reptile Triceratops Sclerocephalus was once thought toPronounced (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