New species of massive winged reptile once soared over Alberta 76.5 million years ago

As tall as a modern giraffe and weighing as much as a cow elk,  the carnivorous Cryrodrakon Boreas is hard to imagine today. But roughy 76.5 million years ago, it spread its 10 metre wingspan over Alberta’s skies as it searched for small dinosaurs to eat. It’s believed to be the largest flying reptile to have ever lived. The discovery of the new species was published Monday by three authors, including Dr Francois Therrien, curator of Paleo-Ecology at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of