Cryodrakonboreas, the largest flying animal was a plane-sized reptile.
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New species of 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 m and weighing 250 kg, Cryodrakonboreas rivals another pterosaur as the largest flying animal of all time
Its remains were first discovered more than 30 years ago in Alberta, Canada, yet elicited scant excitement because of the misclassification.
Like other winged reptiles living at the same time, about 77 million years ago, boreas was carnivorous and probably fed on lizards, small mammals, and even baby dinosaurs.
Despite their large size and wide distribution across North and South America, Asia, Africa, and Europe only fragmentary remains have been unearthed, making the new find especially important.
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Cryodrakonboreas, the largest flying animal was a plane-sized reptile.
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