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The first flying vertebrates were the pterosaurs, however, although they may have been the first to evolve powered flight there were some prehistoric animals that came before them that were still able to glide. This videos looks into some of these ancient gliders, some of them similar to animals that exist today while others completely different to anything that has ever lived. To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/MothLightMedia To donate to my PayPal (thank you): https://www.paypal.me/mothlightmedia To buy merchandise: teespring.com/en-GB/stores/moth-light... Email: mothlightmedia@outlook.com If I have used artwork that belongs to you but have neglected to credit it this will just be because I was unable to find one. If this has happened please contact me and I will add a credit. Some Art work has been altered for the purposes of bettering them for video format; these alterations were done independent from the artists who created the original work, so they are not responsible for any inaccuracies that could have occurred with the changes being made. Sources: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982216314610#:~:text=Its%20oldest%20known%20fossil%20representative,years%20ago)%20%5B4%5D. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02724634.2021.1930020?journalCode=ujvp20 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284156582_Substantiation_of_Validity_of_the_Late_Permian_Genus_Weigeltisaurus_Kuhn_1939_Reptilia_Weigeltisauridae https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-018-0627-y https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328388115_Cosesaurus_aviceps_Sharovipteryx_mirabilis_and_Longisquama_insignis_Reinterpreted https://www.researchgate.net/publication/7002313_Flight_of_Sharovipteryx_mirabilis_The_world's_first_delta-winged_glider