(CNN) There was once a species of terrifying "dragon" flying over Australia 105 million years ago, according to new research. The fossil of a pterosaur with a nearly 30-foot (7-meter) wingspan once belonged to Australia's largest flying reptile. The pterosaur likely soared over a large inland sea that once covered much of outback Queensland, known as the Eromanga Inland Sea. It was originally discovered in a quarry just northwest of Richmond in northwest Queensland in June 2011 by fossicker Len Shaw. Richards said that the pterosaur would have been a "fearsome beast" that likely snacked on juvenile dinosaurs.

Source: CNN August 09, 2021 15:11 UTC