Fossils Indicate Larger Size for Winged Reptiles
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The giant reptiles that flew above the Earth until about 65 million years ago could have grown to twice the size originally thought, with wingspans of at least 59 feet, scientists said.
That would be almost the same width as the 64-foot wingspan of an F-14 Tomcat fighter jet. David Martill of the University of Portsmouth in Britain and collaborator Eberhard Frey of the Natural History Museum in Karlsruhe, Germany, based their estimate on recent fossil discoveries in Mexico and Israel.
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