11/17/2023 0 Comments Frozen dragon of the north![]() ![]() It would have cast a great shadow over some quivering little dinosaur that wouldn’t have heard it until it was too late.” ![]() “It was essentially just a skull with a long neck, bolted on a pair of long wings. “It’s the closest thing we have to a real life dragon,” said Richards, also the lead study author, in a statement. Richards said that the pterosaur would have been a “fearsome beast” that likely snacked on juvenile dinosaurs. It was originally discovered in a quarry just northwest of Richmond in northwest Queensland in June 2011 by fossicker Len Shaw. ![]() Researchers including Tim Richards, a University of Queensland postdoctoral student in the School of Biological Sciences’ Dinosaur Lab, analyzed a jaw fossil from the pterosaur. Scientists discovered a new partial skeleton of pterosaur and promptly named it 'Butch' ![]()
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