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Ancient flying reptile named after 'Avatar' creature

Updated: 2014-09-12 06:18 (Agencies)
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Ancient flying reptile named after 'Avatar' creature
The ecological reconstruction of Ikrandraco avatar is shown in this illustration courtesy of Chuang Zhao. Scientists on September 11, 2014 announced the discovery of fossils in China of a type of flying reptile called a pterosaur that lived 120 millions years ago and so closely resembled those creatures from the 2009 film, Avatar that they named it after them. [Photo/Agencies] 

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