With reference to ldquo Cryodrakon Boreas rdquo recently in the news consider the following statemen...........

Environment and Ecology (Easy) Biodiversity

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With reference to “Cryodrakon Boreas” recently in the news, consider the following statements:

(1) It is a fossil mammoth found in permafrost in Siberia.

(2) It was a pterosaur species as a flying reptile.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

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Explanation:

Cryodrakon boreas from the Azhdarchid Group of pterosaurs was a flying reptile with a wingspan of up to 10 meters, which lived during the Cretaceous period around 77 million years ago. The study published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology revealed it as a new species and the first pterosaur to be discovered in Canada.