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the leathery sky-lizard that ruled the air millions of years before the first bird existed
not dinosaurTechnically a flying reptile, not a dinosaur at all
wingspanSome relatives stretched as wide as a fighter jet
famous misnomerReal species is Pterodactylus; the cartoon name stuck
toothy grinSported needle teeth for snatching slippery fish
hollow bonesBones were air-filled, like a bird's, for flight