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Winged Dinosaur, Archeological Findings of: Since the beginning of the 
19%%sup th/%  century bituminous coal from the Cretaceous period has 
been mined in Lower Austria near Gruenbach which had formed in a river 
delta some 75-80 million years ago. The deposits belonged to the Gosau 
formation. In addition to fossils of other dinosaurs, crocodiles, 
aquatic turtles and lizards, fossilised remains of the winged reptile, 
Ornithocheirus bunzeli (lower jaw joint, humerus fragment and pieces 
of finger-like bones) were found in a mine drift close to 
Muthmannsdorf (Lower Austria). Its wing span is estimated to have been 
1.5-1.75 m. It was a medium-sized short-tailed pterosaur with a long 
thin jaw and strong teeth.


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