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[托福阅读] 新托福阅读材料:NewGiantFlyingReptileFound;HuntedonFoot?(2)

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发表于 2012-8-14 23:21:39 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
 "Amazing Productive" Green Sahara  
/ b" t+ e& N; j6 t  These winged creatures' light and flimsy bones seldom survive as fossils, and examples from Africa are especially rare.! d% t* k: ?# N( H7 E1 {+ z: m

- X( z  _( @2 B  "All the pterosaur material that has ever been found in Africa could fit on a very small table," he said.
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  But Ibrahim and colleagues got lucky during their expedition: They found similarly aged fossil fragments that belonged two other previously unknown and unrelated pterosaurs." h* i' m! {# y9 ^; `
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  These discoveries suggest that several different pterosaur species lived side by side, eating different prey in the ancient river delta.
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  }0 q# U7 h6 e/ s7 J  For instance, one of the two yet-to-be described species had long, thin teeth that may have been used for grabbing fish while gliding over water.9 y3 V  A4 s4 K# x9 I# Q1 T. ?' c* u
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  Surrounded by dry land, this wet ecosystem also supported diverse forms of crocodiles and dinosaurs, Ibrahim noted.
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  "It was such an amazingly productive environment," he said.
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