Meet the "Giant Flying Murder Head", a scary prehistoric leaflet | Science

For those who think they can live in the Cretaceous, a terrifying new species of pterosaur, called Cryodrakon boreas– literally "frozen dragon of the north wind" – could influence them against the idea. Researchers have found evidence of the creature in the badlands of Canada, The Washington Post reports. The pterosaur was up to 4 meters tall and was mostly a mouth – its skull was about 3.5 times the length of its body – which prompted an expert to compare it to a "giant murderer's head". report in the Journal of Vertebrate PaleontologyThus, he probably ate all that small animals could accommodate in his throat, including lizards, mammals and baby dinosaurs.