Imagine a scientist discovering something new in your vomit 110 million years from now. That is precisely what happened when researchers identified a brand-new species of flying reptile inside fossilised dinosaur vomit. The species has been named Bakiribu waridza — in the Kariri people’s language, Bakiribu means ‘comb-like mouth’.

The Kariri are Indigenous to the region in Brazil where the fossil was unearthed.

Scientists believe this extraordinary find will help unravel the evolutionary history of these ancient fliers. The name fits perfectly: this pterosaur possessed jaws lined with long, bristle-like teeth, likely used to filter tiny creatures from water, much like modern baleen whales.

The discovery began when scientists found bones of two animals within a hard, concrete-like mass,

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