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| Tango01 | 02 Sep 2016 9:33 p.m. PST |
"When dinosaurs roamed Earth, pterosaurs ruled the skies. The largest of these ancient reptiles had wingspans of 10 metres or more. But fossil fragments unearthed in western Canada suggest that these giant flying reptiles co-existed with a more diminutive form — closer to the size of an albatross. The finding is preliminary, but if it holds, it could upend scientists' view of pterosaurs' evolution, and their eventual extinction 66 million years ago. The fossils — an upper arm bone and vertebrae discovered on Hornby Island in British Columbia — came from a nearly full grown pterosaur that had a wingspan of just 1.5 metres and was about as tall as a housecat, scientists report on 31 August in Royal Society Open Science1. They suggest the existence of a species about 77 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period, that was much smaller than the giant pterosaurs thought to dominate then…" link More here
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| Arcane Steve | 05 Sep 2016 7:24 a.m. PST |
Perhaps these models from DeeZee would be ideal! link But a black and white paint job rather than the green i have chosen! |
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