Ancient Pterosaur Likely Chased Land Prey in 106-Million-Year-Old Tracks
South Korean researchers describe a 106-million-year-old scene from fossil footprints showing a large pterosaur (likely a neoazhdarchian) moving on all fours to pursue a small prey animal, possibly a salamander or lizard. The trace suggests a terrestrial stalking event and a possible predation encounter, with the fossilized signatures leading to a new ichnogenus and species, Jinjuichnus procerus, though definitive predation cannot be proven.