A tiny, toothless pterodactyl with bat-like wings, bird-like claws and a sharp, pointy beak has just been identified from a remarkably well-preserved Chinese fossil.
According to the research team that discovered the sparrow-sized flying reptile, named Nemicolopterus crypticus, the pterosaur could be a record-breaker.
It's the smallest arboreal pterosaur, the smallest toothless pterosaur and the smallest Cretaceous pterosaur in the world.
The specimen, which only lacks part of its wings, was found in a slab of sedimentary rock in northeastern China. The rock and fossil dating reveal that the pterodactyl would have been flying around prehistoric Chinese forests 125 to 120 million years ago. Link