New discoveries are still being made every day on our planet, which has been home to life for hundreds of millions of years. Scientists, with the new research they recently published, one of the largest flying reptiles managed to add it to the literature.

Two fossils, the remains of which were first discovered in the Andes Mountains of Argentina in 2012, joined the living world as a new species after long research. Scientists describe the new creature they discovered as “death and dragon” in ancient Greek.Thanatosdrakon amaru (Death Dragon)he defined.

It lived 86 million years ago:

Two fossils discovered in a new species, the last member of the “pyrosaur” animal group, date to current times, according to studies. 86 million years ago lived. This estimated date marks 20 million years before the asteroid’s impact, which occurred on the border of what is now Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. It is estimated that three quarters of life on our planet was wiped out by this asteroid impact.

• Life-size reconstruction of the fossil

Studies conducted after the fossils were excavated showed that both fossils were found, respectively. 7 and 9 meter wingspan showed that he The reptile in question is considered the first predator to use its wings to hunt and fly in prehistoric times, before the evolution of birds. The discovery of fossils as a pair is interpreted as evidence that this species lived in groups.