The Original High-Flier

The model is the size of an adult anhanguera, a subspecies of pterodactyl named after a town in Brazil where several beautifully preserved specimens have been found. "There is a fore wing membrane in front of the main wing - a big flap essentially, which goes up and down," Wilkinson says. "The idea is that that might have been able to act a bit like the flaps of an aircraft, so it's a high- lift device, which would enable it to slow down on landing."

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