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Keira Jenkins

Skeleton of 'demonic pelican' discovered in outback

Adele Pentland says the flying reptile probably ate fish and squid-like creatures. (Supplied Curtin University/AAP PHOTOS)

The skeleton of a fearsome predator dubbed a "demonic pelican" has been unearthed, 100 million years after soaring over inland Australia.

The new species of pterosaur, a flying reptile which would have lived during the age of dinosaurs, was discovered outside the rural town of Richmond in western Queensland.

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