what he'd come across. this was the main discover the actual need to realize what it was but was. compared with what we knew before the ball. was so massive the might might breed didn't accept it so it's not. until recently experts thought pterosaurs had a maximum wing span of around ten meters this. and measures more than fifty meters . that's about as long as a truck it was a giant creature even in an age of large reptiles. the fossilized bones were first spotted protruding from this cliff side in transylvania romania in two thousand and nine. salvaging them was a complex undertaking. climb on to other stuff for is a paleontologist and experienced fossil hunter. he was part of the excavation team