Mega-Cool Megafauna: Creatures of the Ancient Skies
MEGA COOL MEGAFAUNA Creatures of Ancient Skies Anastasia Suen A Division of Rourke Educational Media Carson Dellosa Education Bridges
The Ancient Skies A life-size model of a Hatzegopteryx a giant flying dinosaur is displayed in front of the State Museum of Natural History in v Germany 4
Only three kinds of modern living things can fly on their own insects bats and birds In the ancient skies however there was another pterosaurs This word means wing lizards These giants took to the air long before humans were ever around How do we know about ancient megafauna It usually starts with people finding a fossil Romania Dracula In 2009 scientists discovered small pieces of preserved bones in Transylvania Romania The scientists determined that they belonged to a pterosaur with a wingspan of 39 feet 12 meters They named it Hatzegopteryx but they also nicknamed it Dracula after the famous Transylvanian vampire 5
