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Australia's largest flying reptile discovered in outback Queensland

Derek Barry
August 10 2021 - 12:30pm
An artists impression of the new pterosaur has been named Thapunngaka shawi
An artists impression of the new pterosaur has been named Thapunngaka shawi

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

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Derek Barry

Derek Barry

Editor, the North West Star

Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.

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