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Largest Extinct Reptile
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/72ae1bcd-7618-42e8-aea0-d34e5b7e924c/F34FCE14-6B15-4985-8D03-8A8BE7DE7D6C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081204/sc_livescience/ancientflyingreptilebiggerthanacar" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081204/sc_livescience/ancientflyingreptilebiggerthanacar" style="font-size: 11px;">news.yahoo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081204/sc_livescience/ancientflyingreptilebiggerthanacar"><H1>Ancient Flying Reptile Bigger Than a Car</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081204/sc_livescience/ancientflyingreptilebiggerthanacar"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.yahoo.com/img/9B054C59-AAAD-4C60-8785-796FC77F4EFC" alt="A visitor looks at a reconstructed biological model of a" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081204/sc_livescience/ancientflyingreptilebiggerthanacar"><P> A fossil of a toothless flying pterosaur, with a body bigger than some <SPAN id="lw_1228422793_0" class="yshortcuts">family cars</SPAN>, represents the largest of these extinct reptiles ever to be found and has forced the creation of a new genus, scientists announced today. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081204/sc_livescience/ancientflyingreptilebiggerthanacar"><P> Pterosaurs ruled the skies 115 million years ago during the <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/livescience/sc_livescience/storytext/ancientflyingreptilebiggerthanacar/30128313/SIG=12cjl61fr/*http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?gid=25"><SPAN id="lw_1228422793_1" class="yshortcuts">dinosaur age</SPAN></A>. They are often mistaken for <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/livescience/sc_livescience/storytext/ancientflyingreptilebiggerthanacar/30128313/SIG=11clopje8/*http://www.livescience.com/topic/dinosaurs"><SPAN id="lw_1228422793_2" class="yshortcuts">dinosaurs</SPAN></A>. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081204/sc_livescience/ancientflyingreptilebiggerthanacar"><DIV> Mark Witton of the University of Portsmouth identified the creature from a <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/livescience/sc_livescience/storytext/ancientflyingreptilebiggerthanacar/30128313/SIG=19fj04jv1/*http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?s=animals&c=news&l=on&pic=081204-lacu-fossil-02.jpg&cap=The+Lacusovagus+fossil+is+the+largest+pterosaur+ever+to+be+found+and+represents+a+new+genus+of+these+flying+reptiles.+Credit:+Mark+Witton%2C+University+of+Portsmouth&title="><SPAN id="lw_1228422793_3" class="yshortcuts">partial skull fossil</SPAN></A>. Witton estimates the beast would have had a 5.5-yard (5-meter) wingspan. It stood more than a yard (about 1 meter) tall at the shoulder. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081204/sc_livescience/ancientflyingreptilebiggerthanacar"><DIV> Witton has christened the new species Lacusovagus, meaning "lake wanderer," after the large <SPAN id="lw_1228422793_7" class="yshortcuts">body of water</SPAN> in which the remains were buried. The findings are detailed in the November issue of the journal <SPAN id="lw_1228422793_8" class="yshortcuts">Palaeontology</SPAN>. </DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F34FCE14-6B15-4985-8D03-8A8BE7DE7D6C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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