Giant flying reptiles revealed to have soared Australia’s skies 107m years ago

An artist’s impression of a Ferrodraco lentoni, a species of pterosaur, a giant flying reptile. Photograph: Curtin University

The oldest flying reptiles in Australia soared in the skies around 107m years ago, researchers have confirmed after examining fossils.

Palaeontologists have analysed bone specimens belonging to two separate pterosaurs – winged reptiles that were the earliest vertebrates to evolve true flight – which were originally discovered more than 30 years ago.