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Researchers find a ‘fearsome dragon’ that soared over outback Queensland

20 August 2021
Australia’s largest flying reptile has been uncovered, a pterosaur with an estimated seven-metre wingspan that soared like a dragon above the ancient, vast inland sea once covering much of outback Queensland.
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