![]() ![]() ![]() "Yes, we had a good, personal chuckle about that," said Michael Habib, a paleontologist at the University of Southern California and a fan of the show.įrancois Therrien, curator of dinosaur palaeoecology at Alberta's Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology, noted that while modern-day Alberta is known for its harsh winters, the landscape that the Cryodrakon would have soared over in the late dinosaur age would actually have been a tropical paradise near to a large inland sea. Researchers said that while the pterosaur's new name was more inspired by Alberta's frigid landscape than it was by "Game of Thrones," they were aware that it might elicit some comparisons. As one expert said, imagine a "giant flying murder head." Alternatively: "a pair of wings that carry around a big head for guzzling things." Like other pterosaurs, the Cryodrakon had awkward proportions with a long neck, huge wings and a head about 3 1/2 times the size of its body. ![]()
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