Nothing like alliteration with a silent "P".
The discovery of a 95 million year old pterosaur in Texas is detailed here in Science Daily, with the publication in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. This is one of the most recent members of the Family Ornithocheiridae, and only the second one from North America. The medium size flying reptile, dubbed Aetodactylus halli, would have had a wingspan of about 9 feet. The time and location at which it lived, as well as its morphology suggest that it may have been a fish-eater, the case with many of the pterosaurs.
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