Researchers are excited about the discovery of what they think is a new species of flying dinosaur that was about the size of a cat. The partial remains of the small dinosaur were discovered in 2009 in British Columbia, Canada. The creature was a kind of pterosaur. Pterosaurs were vertebrates, meaning they had backbones, and likely covered with fur or hair. The remains included evidence of wings, so this pterosaur could fly. Researchers believe it lived about 77 million years ago. Elizabeth Martin-Silverstone is the lead writer of a research paper about the flying dinosaur. She attends the University of Southampton in Britain. Martin-Silverstone said the discovery is an exciting moment in the study of dinosaurs. The hollow bones of pterosaurs are poorly preserved, she said. This suggests that a small pterosaur could very rarely be preserved, but not necessarily that they didn’t exist. The flying dinosaur described in the paper had a wingspan of over one meter.
Title: Small, Flying Dinosaur Was Size of a Cat
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1360/flying_dinosaur.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Small, Flying Dinosaur Was Size of a Cat' data-article-id='1848'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='15188'>Researchers are excited about the discovery of what they think is a new species of flying dinosaur that was about the size of a cat.</span> <span data-start-time='15188' data-end-time='25229'>The partial remains of the small dinosaur were discovered in 2009 in British Columbia, Canada.</span> <span data-start-time='25229' data-end-time='29042'>The creature was a kind of pterosaur.</span> <span data-start-time='29042' data-end-time='38313'>Pterosaurs were vertebrates, meaning they had backbones, and likely covered with fur or hair.</span> <span data-start-time='38313' data-end-time='46021'>The remains included evidence of wings, so this pterosaur could fly.</span> <span data-start-time='46021' data-end-time='53500'>Researchers believe it lived about 77 million years ago.</span> <span data-start-time='53500' data-end-time='62354'>Elizabeth Martin-Silverstone is the lead writer of a research paper about the flying dinosaur.</span> <span data-start-time='62354' data-end-time='67417'>She attends the University of Southampton in Britain.</span> <span data-start-time='67417' data-end-time='75875'>Martin-Silverstone said the discovery is an exciting moment in the study of dinosaurs.</span> <span data-start-time='75875' data-end-time='83083'>The hollow bones of pterosaurs are poorly preserved, she said.</span> <span data-start-time='83083' data-end-time='95875'>This suggests that a small pterosaur could very rarely be preserved, but not necessarily that they didn’t exist.</span> <span data-start-time='95875' data-end-time='103292'>The flying dinosaur described in the paper had a wingspan of over one meter.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1360/flying_dinosaur.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=7120 data-hint-location='95875' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1360/what_does_wingspan_mean.m4a'>What does wingspan mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='the distance from the tip of one wing of a bird to the tip of the other wing'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1360/the_type_of_feathers_on_a_bird_wing.m4a'><span>the type of feathers on a bird wing</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1360/the_length_and_width_of_a_bird_beak.m4a'><span>the length and width of a bird beak</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1360/the_weight_of_a_bird.m4a'><span>the weight of a bird</span></div><div class='choice' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1360/pterosaur.m4a'><span>pterosaur</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1360/tyrannosaurus_rex.m4a'><span>tyrannosaurus rex</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=7122 data-hint-location='46021' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1360/researchers_believe_the_dinosaur_lived_about__blank__years_ago.m4a'>Researchers believe the dinosaur lived about <span class='blank'>77 million</span> years ago.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='77 million'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1360/12_million.m4a'><span>12 million</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1360/77_million.m4a'><span>77 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