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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Katie Boyden

New pterosaur with more than 400 teeth unearthed in Germany

University of Portsmouth

A new species of dinosaur with more than 400 teeth which ate in a similar way to ducks and flamingos has been discovered in Germany.

The fossil of the nearly complete Balaenognathus maeuseri, part of the pterosaur family, was discovered accidentally in a Bavarian quarry while scientists were excavating a large block of limestone containing crocodile bones.

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