SCIENCE Pterosaur Named After 9-Year-Old Fossil Hunter Paleontologists have named a crow-sized pterosaur after Daisy Morris, the then-5-year-old who discovered it. Vectidraco daisymorrisae lived in the Lower Creataceous period, between 145 million and 65 million years ago. Discussion Ideas: Vectidraco daisymorrisae is not a dinosaur! V. daisymorrisae and other flying reptiles are called pterosaurs. Read our “media spotlight” on the fossil of another type of … Continue reading Pterosaur Named After 9-Year-Old Fossil Hunter