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New pterosaur species discovered in Japan. Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new species of quetzalcoatline azhdarchid pterosaur, Nipponopterus mifunensis, from Japan's Late Cretaceous period.

Paleontologists have discovered a new species of quetzalcoatline pterosaur, Nipponopterus mifunensis, from Japan's Late Cretaceous period.

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