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		create_acct on July 16, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: World’s largest four-winged dinosaur discovered 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

tempestn on July 17, 2014 [–]

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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