This particular group of pterosaurs includes the largest flying animals of all time. This tells us a great deal about the anatomy of these large fliers, how they flew, and how they lived. Our new species is represented by a partial skeleton. Habib told SciTech Daily: This type of pterosaur is quite rare, and most specimens are just a single bone. The pair worked together with the 'exceptionally well preserved' specimen consisting of parts of the Cryodrakon's wings, legs, neck, and rib.

Habib was able to make a new discovery from old bones thanks to the help of study co-author Dave Hone, a paleontologist at Queen Mary University of London. And, just like flying animals today, they could carry important clues about how animals at the time responded to major changes in climate.” They have been inspiration for countless movie monsters and they were critical parts of global ecosystems worldwide during the Age of Dinosaurs, so they are key to understanding the ecology and extinctions of that time. but a hell of a lot warmer than central Alberta is now. It would have flying in a landscape that would have been reasonably temperate. Study coauthor Mike Habib, a paleontologist at the University of Southern California, told National Geographic, and SciTech Daily: The animal, when alive, would not have been a frozen dragon.

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