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This program is designed for English learners, so we speak a little slower and we use words and phrases

especially written for people learning English. On today's program, Brian Lynn brings us new details

about an ancient creature found in Germany. I report on

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Then, affect and effect on the lesson of the day.

But first, scientists say a fossil found in Germany is providing new details about flying reptiles that lived on Earth about 147 million years ago.

The fossil was discovered in 2015 in the southeastern German state of Bavaria.

It contains the remains of a newly identified species called Sciprosura Bavarica.

Sciprosara is considered a pterosaur, an ancient flying reptile. It lived toward the end of the Jurassic period.

Researchers say the creature played an important part in the development of ecosystems

during the age of the dinosaurs. The reptile had a wing reach of about two meters for traveling and a set of sharp teeth

to help capture and eat other animals.

Skip Hosara would have been one of the largest flyers in its ecosystem.

Researchers say the discovered fossil was in good shape with nearly every bone remaining in the skeleton.

This has permitted the team to learn new details about this terasaur.

One of the leaders of the fossil examinations is David Hone of Queen Mary University of London.

He told Reuters News Agency he thinks the fossil find was of huge

importance. Hone was the lead writer of a study describing the team's work in the publication

current biology. He added that Skip Hosara has provided

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