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Dictionary definition: Sordes pilosus
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- A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
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Copyright© A Dictionary of Earth Sciences 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999. (Hide copyright information)
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Sordes pilosus
Discovered in 1971, one of the first
pterosaurs
known to have been covered in thick fur: the name means ‘hairy filth’. The indication is that this ...
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