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Did any of the dinosaurs fly?

Although none of the dinosaurs could fly, living at the same time were a group of animals called pterosaurs (`winged lizards’). One of the best known pterosaurs is Pterodac-tylus, the Pterodactyl. Although Pterodac-tvlus was quite small, another flying reptile called Pteranodon, had a wingspan of 8 m (26 ft). It is unlikely that these creatures flew by flapping their wings as birds do, because they did not have strong enough muscles. More probably they clambered up trees and cliff faces and jumped off to glide through the air and catch fish swimming in the sea before gliding back to land. Eventually, a creature that was still rather lizard-like (it had a long, bony tail and teeth in its jaws), but had feathers like a bird, evolved. This was Archaeopteryx, which probably represents a link between the flying reptiles and the