{"id":102,"date":"2023-07-15T09:36:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T09:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oneuswp.themesflat.com\/?p=102"},"modified":"2026-03-01T22:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T22:15:09","slug":"dragon-of-death-unearthed-in-argentina-is-one-of-the-largest-pterosaurs-ever-discovered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toctoctoc.ci\/en\/dragon-of-death-unearthed-in-argentina-is-one-of-the-largest-pterosaurs-ever-discovered\/","title":{"rendered":"&lsquo;Dragon of Death&rsquo; Unearthed in Argentina Is One of the Largest Pterosaurs Ever Discovered"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"102\" class=\"elementor elementor-102\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2c841c1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2c841c1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d308fb\" data-id=\"3d308fb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef38cdf elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ef38cdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The ancient flying terrors were as large as school buses.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1672d38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1672d38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/toctoctoc.ci\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/post11.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-332\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1deb4b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1deb4b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The &lsquo;Dragon of Death&rsquo; feasted on birds over 80 million years ago.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b781153 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b781153\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Imagine a winged dinosaur the size of a school bus casting a massive shadow over you as it swoops down to Earth. Fossils of such a beast, dubbed the \u00ab\u00a0dragon of death,\u00a0\u00bb have been unearthed by scientists in the Andes mountains region of Argentina, according to a report by Reuters. <br \/><br \/>The ancient flying reptiles roamed the skies 86 million years ago, during the Cretaceous period, at around the same time as dinosaurs. The creature had a huge wingspan, measuring up to about 30-feet long.<br \/><br \/>This new species is now one of the largest flying reptiles discovered worldwide, and the largest found in South America. <br \/><br \/>\u00ab\u00a0Dragon of death\u00a0\u00bb is a catchy moniker stemming from the newly discovered creature&rsquo;s official scientific name: Thanatosdrakon amaru. The name is a combination of the ancient Greek words for death (thanatos) and dragon (drakon). <br \/><br \/>\u00ab\u00a0It seemed appropriate to name it that way,\u00a0\u00bb project leader Leonardo Ortiz told Reuters. \u00ab\u00a0It&rsquo;s the dragon of death.\u00a0\u00bb<br \/><br \/>The research was published in the scientific journal Cretaceous Research in April.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ancient flying terrors were as large as school buses. 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