Live Science has a story about a new giant pterosaur.  The animal, Cryodrakon boreas (cold dragon of the north winds), was discovered in Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta, Canada.  It is thought to have lived between 77 million to 74 million years ago.  The bones were originally found decades ago and were thought to be those of Quetzalcoatlus, a related azhdarchid pterosaur that was first discovered in Texas.  These findings were recently published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

Millions of years ago, a flying reptile as big as an airplane took flight in what is now Canada. 

Now, this enormous species of giant pterosaur — part of a group known as azhdarchids — finally has a name: Cryodrakon boreas, drawing from the ancient Greek words that translate to “cold dragon of the north winds.” 

Fossils of Cryodrakon boreas were found decades ago, and were thought to belong to another North American azhdarchid: Quetzalcoatlus, one of the biggest flying animals of all time. But the discovery of additional fossils in recent years told scientists that the fossils represented a newfound species, and the first new species of giant pterosaur found in Canada. 

Based on the size of one enormous neck bone thought to belong to an adult animal, the newly described pterosaur likely had a wingspan extending about 33 feet (10 meters) from tip to tip, making it comparable in size to its monstrous azhdarchid cousin Quetzalcoatlus, researchers reported in a new study.