The Rockies

Watched an interesting program on the National Geographic Channel last night about the Rocky Mountains.  The show discussed the formation of each phase of the Rockies and talked about them from the Northern Rockies in Canada, down to the Southern most region of them in New Mexico, including the Rio Grande Rift.

Saw today that there is a new species of winged dinosaur that has been found-- Nemicolopterus crypticus.  Looking at the skeletons, it was probably about the size of a modern robin, and lived in what is today China over 120 million years ago.  One of the smallest pterosaurs, it had curved feet, like modern birds, indicating it probably lived in trees.

Source: Yahoo News / National Geographic