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Flying reptiles

2005/07/01 Roa Zubia, Guillermo - Elhuyar Zientzia

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They were several flying reptiles that we classified in the group of dinosaurs. They were not like the current birds, but they had some similarities. For example, what is seen in the photo, of the genus Pteranodon, had empty bones, like today's birds. Apparently he was able to move on two legs. It also looked like birds.

However, it was apparently different. The head was very large and strong compared to the body. Paleontologists believe it weighed less than fifteen kilos, a little more than today's big flying birds. And yet it flew.