A 170-million-year-old giant flying reptile has been discovered

The world of millions of years ago still continues to be illuminated by new discoveries. One of these discoveries, in which fossils play a major role, took place today. Scientists will be the first of its kind giant flying Pterosaur fossil discovered. The fossil would also change some of the known facts about this class.

According to the information obtained by examining the fossil, the species in the Pterosaur class, ‘Dearc sgiathanach‘ was named. The fossil discovered, approx. 2.5 meters With a wingspan of more than one, it became the largest flying creature of its time. Moreover, this fossil was not an adult individual of this species. Fossil, to a young member of the species belonged to. This indicated that the species may actually have a much larger wingspan.

The fossil showed that the predictions were wrong:

The new member of the Pharaoh class, which is home to the largest known flying animal species today, is according to estimates. 170 million years ago continued to exist. This led to the understanding that the period when the Pterosaur class was supposed to start flying was actually much earlier. Live, predictions pulled back to 25 million years ago.

The fossil has survived to the present day in a very well-preserved condition, despite a period of 170 million years. 70% preserved Unfortunately, no important bone fragments were found in the fossil found, which would allow the size of the animal to be measured. Scientists think they will get more detailed information about the period from the fossil.