Scientists have unveiled a new species pterosaur, the plane-sized reptiles that lorded over primeval skies above T-rex, Triceratops and other dinosaurs of the late Cretaceous.With a wingspan of 10 metres and weighing 250kg, Cryodrakon boreas rivals another pterosaur as the largest flying animal of all time, researchers reported in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.In Greek, its name literally translates to “Frozen dragon of the north wind”.What happened on the day the dinosaurs died?…
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