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A photographer takes a picture of a model of "Nemicolopterus crypticus" a new species of tiny prehistoric flying reptile, during a news conference presented by Brazilian palaeontologists in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Feb. 11, 2008. The toothless flying reptile lived in gingko forests that existed some 120 million years ago in present north-eastern China. With a windspan of 10 inches (250 mm), the species is one of the smallest pterosaurs known to date. (AUSTRAL FOTO/RENZO
GOSTOLI)
A photographer takes a picture of a model of "Nemicolopterus crypticus" a new species of tiny prehistoric flying reptile, during a news conference presented by Brazilian palaeontologists in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Feb. 11, 2008. The toothless flying reptile lived in gingko forests that existed some 120 million years ago in present north-eastern China. With a windspan of 10 inches (250 mm), the species is one of the smallest pterosaurs known to date. (AUSTRAL FOTO/RENZO
GOSTOLI)
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