Joel Kontinen
A newly described species of giant pterosaur, called Cryodrakon boreas, has been discovered in Canada.
It had the a wingspan extending about 10 meters (33 feet) from tip to tip, “making it comparable in size to its monstrous azhdarchid cousin Quetzalcoatlus, researchers reported in a new study.”
Secular scientist believe it lived some 77 million to 74 million years ago during the Cretaceous period.
fossils form when there are “buried in layers of sediment and locked away from bacteria that break down organic matter.”.
“Many of the best-preserved remains from millions of years ago belonged to animals that lived near seas or rivers, and pterosaurs at this time (including Cryodrakon) mostly lived inland, David Hone explained.
"And their bones are insanely thin, so they are very rare," he added. "We're lucky we have as much good material as we do."
Big animals were not thought to live near the poles. The general way with them driving into the North could be the Flood of Noah’s time.
The findings were published online September 9 in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
Suorce:
Weisberger, Mindy. 2019. Meet 'Cold Dragon of the North Winds,' the Giant Pterosaur That Once Soared Across Canadian Skies.
Live Science (10.10.).
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