Sharovipteryx mirabilis, early gliding reptile Triceratops The cooling trend culminated in

The cooling trend culminated in the Ice Age of the Pliocene (10-3 million years ago)

Other isolated parts of the plant are given other names

Although the specimen preserves faint plumage impressions

Thousands of highly remarkable fossils have been found in the quarries

Sharovipteryx mirabilis, early gliding reptile Triceratops The cooling trend culminated inPronounced (shahr ov IP ter iks) Sharovipteryx (meaning "Sharov's wings"), aka Podopteryx, was a Pterosauromorpha (a gliding thecodont, a pre pterosaur) from the early Triassic period, about 245 million years ago. Sharovipteryx was a gliding animal that used its uropatagium, a small, fibrous flap of skin that stretched from the very long legs and the tail. It had large eyes, a long snout, and small triangular teeth. A single fossil (together with some