NewsBulukumba – The sky on this planet was once ruled and explored pterosaurus, reptile fly giant!
Scientist Argentina find species new pterosaurus nicknamed “Naga Death “who lived 86 million years ago together dinosaur.
Discovery archeology it offers new knowledge about carnivore whose body is as long as a yellow school bus.
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Reported from Reuters on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, pterosaurus measuring about 9 meters long and researchers say it preceded birds as one of the first creatures on Earth to use wings to hunt prey from the sky. prehistoric.
A team of paleontologists found fossil Newly discovered Thanatosdrakon amaru in the Andes mountains in western Mendoza province Argentina. They found that the rocks that preserved the remains reptile it dates from 86 million years ago to the Cretaceous period.
Estimated date means reptile fly This terrifying creature lived at least 20 million years before an asteroid impact in what is now Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula wiped out about three-quarters of life on the planet about 66 million years ago.
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Project leader Leonardo Ortiz said in an interview over the weekend that the characteristics of the fossil never seen before requires a genus name and species new, with the latter combining the ancient Greek words for death (thanatos) and dragon (drakon).
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