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Science 14 March 1975:
Vol. 187. no. 4180, pp. 947 - 948
DOI: 10.1126/science.187.4180.947
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Pterosaur from the Latest Cretaceous of West Texas: Discovery of the Largest Flying Creature

Douglas A. Lawson 1

1 Department of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley 94720

Three partial skeletons of a large pterosaur have been found in the latest Cretaceous nonmarine rock of West Texas. This flying reptile had thin, elongate, perhaps toothless jaws and a long neck similar to Pterodaustro and Pterodactylus. With an estimated wingspan of 15.5 meters, it is undoutbtedly the largest flying creature presently known.


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