The mini-pterosaur, Nemicolopterus crypticus, had a wingspan of only 10 inches (25&amp;#160;cm)&mdash;about the size of a modern sparrow. The fossil creature, which lived in gingko forest canopies about 120 million years ago, was unearthed in ancient lake beds in eastern China back in 2008&amp;#8230;
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Illustration by Michael Skrepnickaption 