The fossil, dubbed "Mrs. T" by the researchers, is one of 11 Darwinopterus specimens that have been recovered from the formation.

研究人员戏称这块化石标本为“ T 夫人”，它是在髫髻山组发掘的 11 块 达尔文龙化石之一。

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The new creature is from the Darwinopterus genus, or grouping, but has been dubbed simply as "Mrs T" (a contraction of "Mrs Pterodactyl") by the research team.

这次的新发现是达尔文翼龙群，但目前一般被研究小组简称为“T夫人”(翼龙夫人的缩写)。

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In the case of Darwinopterus it is the head and neck that have changed, while the rest of the body remains in the ancestral state.

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The fossils were found in northeast China earlier this year, embedded in rock dating back 160 million years, and have been called "Darwinopterus" after the renowned naturalist Charles Darwin.

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"Darwinopterus came as quite a shock to us, " said David Unwin, from the University of Leicester's School of Museum Studies, which identified the creature, along with researchers from the Geological Institute of Beijing.

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