New Species of Flying Reptile Discovered in Overlooked Museum Fossil 

A new extinct flying reptile species has been discovered in fossilized dinosaur vomit.

Known as "regurgitalite," the remains of stomach content have been kept in Museu Câmara Cascudo at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil for many years and—until now—have been largely overlooked.

The specimen was kept among other fossils originating from the Araripe region, unfortunately, without precise provenance and date of collection, according to the researchers.

The fossil consists of the partial remains of two of the newly discovered filter-feeding pterosaur species the team has named Bakiribu waridza, along with four fossil fish.

“Fracturing of the pterosaur bones most likely occurred during ingestion, as a result of mechanical processing by the predator. The absence of as