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A violent storm swept across southern Germany some 150 million years ago, lifting two immature pterosaurs high above the ground like leaves. The fragile reptiles, just born or newly weaned, swirled ...

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We now live in an era where satellite technology allows for early detection of tropical cyclones, but this was not the case in 1938.