Mystery species of prehistoric flying reptile found amongst museum fossils
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| Title | Student finds new species of pterosaur |
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| Degree of recognition | International |
| Media name/outlet | Euro Weekly News |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | Spain |
| Date | 16/11/20 |
| Description | Roy Smith spotted differences in the fossils found in Cambridgeshire, which were initially thought to be shark spines, which led him to find that they were actually fragments of the jaws of prehistoric ‘flying lizards’ with no teeth |
| Producer/Author | Jennifer Leighfield |
| URL | https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2020/11/16/student-finds-new-species-of-pterosaur/ |
| Persons | Roy Smith |
| Title | Surprising discovery by paleontologists: a fossil shark becomes a mysterious pterosaur. |
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| Degree of recognition | International |
| Media name/outlet | Wirtschaftsblatt-BG |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Date | 15/11/20 |
| Description | When searching 100-year-old collections of fossils from the United Kingdom, paleontologists made a surprising discovery - a new, mysterious species of pterosaur such as has never been seen before. |
| Producer/Author | Rainer Proksch |
| URL | https://www.wirtschaftsblatt-bg.com/wissenschaft/uberraschende-entdeckung-der-palaontologen-fossiler-hai-wird-zum-geheimnisvollen-pterosaurier/ |
| Persons | Roy Smith |
| Title | 'Shark spines' found in a mine 100 years ago are bits of pterosaur jaw |
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| Degree of recognition | International |
| Media name/outlet | Big World Tale |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United States |
| Date | 15/11/20 |
| Description | A mystery species of toothless pterosaur has been identified among century-old fossil collections — where its jaw fragments had been mistaken for shark fin spines. |
| URL | https://bigworldtale.com/science/shark-spines-found-in-a-mine-100-years-ago-are-bits-of-pterosaur-jaw/ |
| Persons | Roy Smith |
| Title | Mysterious Pterosaur Fossil Passed For A Shark Until Its Toothless Jaws Gave It Away |
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| Degree of recognition | International |
| Media name/outlet | Syfy Wire |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United States |
| Date | 14/11/20 |
| Description | When a strange and unidentified species of toothless pterosaur flew out of museum collections that had been gathering dust for at least a hundred years, it had been previously mistaken for a shark because its jaw appeared to be a spine from an ancient shark |
| Producer/Author | Elizabeth Rayne |
| URL | https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/mysterious-pterosaur-fossil-mistaken-for-shark |
| Persons | Roy Smith |
| Title | Shark fossil turns into mysterious pterosaur |
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| Degree of recognition | International |
| Media name/outlet | Globedia Guatemala |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | Guatemala |
| Date | 13/11/20 |
| Description | A new species of pterosaur has been discovered by paleontologist Roy Smith of the University of Portsmouth, while searching 100-year-old collections of fossils in the UK |
| URL | gt.globedia.com/fosil-tiburon-convierte-misterioso-pterosaurio |
| Persons | Roy Smith |
| Title | Shark fossil is actually unknown pterosaur |
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| Degree of recognition | International |
| Media name/outlet | Press From |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United States |
| Date | 13/11/20 |
| Description | Palaeontologists have made a surprising discovery while searching through 100-year-old fossil collections from the UK – a new mystery species of pterosaur, unlike anything seen before. |
| URL | https://pressfrom.info/br/noticias/mundo/-198273-fossil-de-tubarao-e-na-verdade-de-pterossauro-desconhecido.html |
| Persons | Roy Smith |
| Title | Scientists Stumble Upon New Mysterious Species of Flying Reptile Among 'Shark' Fossils |
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| Degree of recognition | International |
| Media name/outlet | IBTimes Singapore |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | Singapore |
| Date | 12/11/20 |
| Description | Paleontologists discovered a new species of pterosaur among reliquiae that were thought to be fossils of shark spines |
| Producer/Author | Jeevan Biswas |
| URL | https://www.ibtimes.sg/scientists-accidentally-stumble-upon-new-species-flying-dinosaur-among-shark-fossils-53272 |
| Persons | Roy Smith |
| Title | Ancient Fossils Belonged to Toothless Pterosaurs and a New Species |
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| Degree of recognition | International |
| Media name/outlet | Mysterious Universe |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United States |
| Date | 12/11/20 |
| Description | When 100-million-year-old fossils were discovered over a century ago, they were wrongly identified. New research has revealed that the bones belonged to two toothless pterosaurs as well as a newly discovered species. |
| Producer/Author | Jocelyne LeBlanc |
| URL | https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2020/11/ancient-fossils-belonged-to-toothless-pterosaurs-and-a-new-species/ |
| Persons | Roy Smith |
| Title | Surprising find: a fossil shark turned into a mysterious pterosaur |
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| Degree of recognition | International |
| Media name/outlet | Clarín |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | Argentina |
| Date | 11/11/20 |
| Description | The strange creature, unlike anything seen so far, was found among the fossil collections of the Sedgwick Museum in Cambridge |
| URL | https://www.clarin.com/internacional/sorprendente-hallazgo-tiburon-fosil-convirtio-misterioso-pterosaurio_0_yJfPS7gnO.html |
| Persons | Roy Smith |
| Title | Splash FM Coverage |
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| Media name/outlet | KBOT-FM |
| Media type | Radio |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Date | 11/11/20 |
| Description | Roy Smith has made a surprising discovery while searching through 100-year-old fossil collections from the UK – a new mystery species of pterosaur, unlike anything seen before. |
| URL | tiny.cc/bwy3tz |
| Persons | Roy Smith |
| Title | Scientist studying shark fossils instead discovers previously unknown winged reptile |
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| Degree of recognition | International |
| Media name/outlet | The Charlotte Observer |
| Country | United States |
| Date | 11/11/20 |
| Description | The new species of pterosaur — “the less well-known cousins of dinosaurs” — was discovered by accident when a scientist realized what was thought to be a fish fossil from North Africa was actually a “long slender toothless beak,” according to the University of Portsmouth |
| Producer/Author | Mark Price |
| URL | https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/world/article247120856.html |
| Persons | Roy Smith |
| Title | They discovered a fossil shark that was actually a mysterious pterosaur |
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| Degree of recognition | International |
| Media name/outlet | Sanjuan8.com |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | Argentina |
| Date | 11/11/20 |
| Description | A team of paleontologists made a surprising discovery by searching 100-year-old collections of fossils from the UK: a mysterious new species of pterosaur, unlike anything seen before |
| Producer/Author | Europa Press |
| URL | https://www.sanjuan8.com/a-un-click/descubrieron-tiburon-fosil-realidad-misterioso-pterosaurio-11112020_PEwgvLWDg |
| Persons | Roy Smith |
| Title | Fossil shark turned into mysterious pterosaur |
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| Degree of recognition | International |
| Media name/outlet | Revista Bohemia |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | Cuba |
| Date | 11/11/20 |
| Description | Paleontologists make a surprising discovery by searching 100-year-old fossil collections in the UK: a mysterious new species of pterosaur, unlike anything seen before |
| URL | bohemia.cu/ciencia/2020/11/tiburon-fosil-convertido-en-misterioso-pterosaurio/ |
| Persons | Roy Smith |
| Title | Mysterious remains of ancient flying reptile found hidden among shark fossils |
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| Degree of recognition | International |
| Media name/outlet | msn |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United States |
| Date | 11/11/20 |
| Description | Combing through a drawer of shark fossils early this year, Roy Smith made a surprising and thrilling discovery: remains of a flying reptile that lived more than 60 million years ago |
| URL | https://www.msn.com/en-xl/asia/other/mysterious-remains-of-ancient-flying-reptile-found-hidden-among-shark-fossils/ar-BB1aTSK4?srcref=rss |
| Persons | Roy Smith |
| Title | New Pterosaur Species Found Hiding in Plain Sight in Museum |
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| Degree of recognition | International |
| Media name/outlet | Sci-News.com |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United States |
| Date | 11/11/20 |
| Description | A new re-examination of fossil material housed in the Sedgwick Museum of Cambridge and the Booth Museum at Brighton has revealed the fossilized jaw fragments from a new Cretaceous-period azhdarchid pterosaur previously identified as shark fin spines and fish jaws. |
| URL | www.sci-news.com/paleontology/azhdarchid-pterosaur-museum-09040.html |
| Persons | Roy Smith |
| Title | Fossil Shark Inside Drawer Turns Out To Be Mysterious Flying Reptile Remains |
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| Degree of recognition | International |
| Media name/outlet | International Business Times |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United States |
| Date | 11/11/20 |
| Description | For decades, 100-year-old fossils, of what was thought to be shark fins, had been lying inside one of the drawers in the Booth Museum of Natural History in Brighton, England. Plying among these fossils one day, Roy Smith made the astounding discovery that the bones belong to a species of prehistoric flying reptiles. |
| Producer/Author | Athena Yenko |
| URL | https://www.ibtimes.com/fossil-shark-inside-drawer-turns-out-be-mysterious-flying-reptile-remains-3080194 |
| Persons | Roy Smith |
| Title | Fossil shark turns in to mystery pterosaur |
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| Degree of recognition | International |
| Media name/outlet | Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United States |
| Date | 11/11/20 |
| Description | Palaeontologists have made a surprising discovery while searching through 100-year-old fossil collections from the UK - a new mystery species of pterosaur, unlike anything seen before. |
| URL | https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Fossil_shark_turns_in_to_mystery_pterosaur_999.html |
| Persons | Roy Smith |
| Title | Fossil Shark Turns In To Mystery Pterosaur |
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| Degree of recognition | International |
| Media name/outlet | The Archaeology News Network |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | Greece |
| Date | 10/11/20 |
| Description | Palaeontologists have made a surprising discovery while searching through 100-year-old fossil collections from the UK - a new mystery species of pterosaur, unlike anything seen before. |
| URL | https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/11/fossil-shark-turns-in-to-mystery.html |
| Persons | Roy Smith |
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