Researchers find a ‘fearsome dragon’ that soared over outback Queensland

10 Aug 2021
An artist’s impression of the Thapunngaka shawi.
An artist’s impression of the Thapunngaka shawi.

Australia’s largest flying reptile has been uncovered, a pterosaur with an estimated seven-metre wingspan that soared like a dragon above the ancient, vast inland sea once covering much of outback Queensland.

University of Queensland PhD candidate Tim Richards, from the Dinosaur Lab in UQ’s School of Biological Sciences, led a research team that analysed a fossil of the creature’s jaw, discovered on Wanamara Country, near Richmond in North West Queensland.

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