Bones dating back to some 100 million years ago unearthed in north-eastern Australia have been identified as a new species of pterosaur, according to newly published research. The bones, discovered in 2021 in western Queensland by Kronosaurus Korner museum curator Kevin Petersen, have been found to belong to a new genus and species of anhanguerian pterosaur, the Haliskia peterseni, according to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports/Springer Nature on Wednesday. The genus epithet Haliskia, derived from Ancient Greek, describes a flying creature that cast a shadow on the sea, while…