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How do we know how high pterodactyls were flying?

Scientists created a detailed virtual reconstruction of pterodactyl’s body and then feed it to computer simulation to estimate flight speed, endurance and altitude.
Came here to ask the same thing. Hoping you get a response from an expert. I was vaguely under the impression they were mostly gliders... maybe it's something to do with thermals?

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