Pterosaur Fossil With 10 Inch Wingspan Discovered
With a wingspan of only 10 inches, this weird fossil is one of the world’s smallest species of flying Pterosaurs.
It was recently discovered in the western part of China’s Liaoning Province, which is believed to have been a forested area during the early Cretaceous Period some 120 million years ago.
This pterosaur was equivalent to the size of a modern blackbird.
“The fossil is very well preserved and it has long sharp bill. It was toothless and its skull was just over 4cm (more than 1-inch) long.†said Wang Xiaolin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Despite its small stature and wingspan, this small toothless reptile may well be the ancestor of gigantic Pterodactyls whose wing tips stretched 20-feet from wingtip to wingtip. This new species has been christened Nemicolopterus crypticus, meaning “hidden flying forest dwellerâ€.
The slight shiver that might be crawling up your back is a reminder that in its own way that this fossil is a connection to all living things, humans included.
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By MDeeDubroff on 23-01-2009
Comment by starboykb
January 24th, 2009 at 6:22 am
OMG…the artist surely does done a great job on the art. i nearly thought it was real.
Comment by magget
January 24th, 2009 at 11:36 am
i wish i could have a pet like that.
Comment by Wandoko
January 24th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
It would be more than a golden pet if you have one, your pet will filling the headline news, and you’ll look a bit like a celebrity, media interviews, you and your pet at youtube, and you may have a dedicated website about your pet, put a bunch of ads there, selling weekly monthly photos of your pet, etc, etc, it is more than just golden pet if you can find a living one. Personally I still have a hope that one day human can make a real dino living, now that’s a weird part of me, maybe
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Comment by MDeeDubroff
January 25th, 2009 at 11:48 am
Thank you all for your comments.
I appreciate them.