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Largest pterosaur discovered in South America(1/2)

2022-05-25 11:20:01 Ecns.cn Editor :Li Yan

Photo released on May 23, 2022 shows a palaeontologist working on excavation of bones and fossils that belonged to a newly discovered species of pterosaurs, Thanatosdrakon Amaru, in Aguada del Padrillo, Mendoza, Argentina. (Photo/Agencies)

Argentine scientists discovered a new species of a huge flying reptile dubbed "The Dragon of Death" that lived 86 millions of years ago alongside dinosaurs, in a find shedding fresh insight on a predator whose body was as long as a yellow school bus.

The new specimen of ancient flying reptile, or pterosaur, measured around 9 meters long and researchers say it predated birds as among the first creatures on Earth to use wings to hunt its prey from prehistoric skies.

Photo released on May 23, 2022 shows a palaeontologist working on excavation of bones and fossils that belonged to a newly discovered species of pterosaurs, Thanatosdrakon Amaru, in Aguada del Padrillo, Mendoza, Argentina. (Photo/Agencies)

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