nytimes August 27, 2021 4:01pm Fossils Seized in Police Raid Demystify a Prehistoric Flying Reptile #fossils #paleontology #research #pterosaurs #smuggling #dinosaurs #plosonejournal #brazil #science #news Fossils Seized in Police Raid Demystify a Prehistoric Flying Reptile Among the 3,000 fossils seized at a Brazilian port in 2013 was an almost complete skeleton from the pterosaur species Tupandactylus navigans, preserved in six limestone slabs.