It was a terrifying beast..Scientists reveal the characteristics of the Flying Dragon
An imaginative drawing of a flying or winged dragon T. shawi
With a wingspan of seven meters, and a mouth full of fangs, the two-winged flying dragon, or what scientists call pterosaurs, whose fossils were recently discovered in northeastern Australia, could have frightened many creatures on earth, to the point that scientists described it as a terrifying beast.
According to research published today in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, the pterosaur fossils are a very important discovery that contributes to our understanding of the diversity of pterosaurs in Australia, which lived about 110 million years ago in the Lower Cretaceous period.
Alert Science quoted paleontologist Tim Richard from the University of Queensland in Australia, saying: "The closest thing we have to a real dragon is a new pterosaur we called S Thapunngaka shawi. About seven meters (23 feet)".
He added that the fossils indicate that the flying dragon or pterosaur had a long neck, mounted on a pair of long wings, and this thing could have been very feral, and could cast a shadow on some quivering little dinosaurs that you would not have heard until it was too late.
He explained that there are about 20 specimens of pterosaurs in Australia, and only three specimens of pterosaurs known as T.
shawi .
Paleontologist Steve Salisbury of the University of Queensland said the pterosaur's skull was reconstructed and would have been about a meter long, and had about 40 teeth in its mouth.
He continued, "The beast was flying over the Iromanga Inland Sea, which once dominated eastern Australia, and used its long and powerful jaws to grab fish from the water."
The new fossils indicate that T. shawi is the third largest pterodactyl reptile that has been discovered, and indicate that Australian pterosaurs were larger than contemporary species from other continents. In addition, anatomical similarities between the jawbone of T. shawi and those of pterosaurs indicate Other Australian sources suggest that there may have been a local diversity of pterosaur species around the extinct Iromanga Sea.
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the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology report on the discovery of the fossils of a flying dragon:
A new species of crested pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Richmond.
alert science report on the discovery of the fossils of a flying dragon
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