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Re:World’s largest four-winged dinosaur discovered by create_acct on Wednesday July 16, 2014 @10:01AM (#8042010)
The largest wing span (20-24 feet) for a bird ever known was discovered this week as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagornis_sandersi

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Re:World’s largest four-winged dinosaur discovered by tempestn on Thursday July 17, 2014 @12:01AM (#8046001)
Wow, that article linked to this[1], from which I learned that the largest flying Pterosaurs had wingspans of over 10m (~35ft), and weighed upwards of 250kg (550lb).

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterosaur_size#Speculation_abo...

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