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Re:The Largest Flying Creatures by jessaustin on Saturday April 01, 2017 @09:46AM (#14012084)
The largest flying creatures were pterosaurs. They, in turn, are reptiles or tetrapods, which makes them similar to dinosaurs and their modern representatives: crocodiles, lizards, and snakes.

Current understanding has pterosaurs as avemetatarsalians, just like dinosaurs and birds, and unlike crocodiles, lizards, and snakes.

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Re:The Largest Flying Creatures by sgtpepper43 on Sunday April 02, 2017 @12:02PM (#14017611)
Exactly, the largest flying creature was basically still a bird.
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