Strapped hanger

Paleontologists have concluded that the jawbone of an ancient reptile unearthed in Arizona, USA in 2011 did not belong to a pterosaur but another flying species that lived 209 million years ago.

In the findings by scientists at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. and published in the journal “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” on 7 July, the creature was named Eotephradactylus mcintireae, meaning “ash-winged dawn goddess,” BBC reports.

The researchers described the flying reptile as being the size of a seagull that ate fish and turtles, according to BBC.

Meanwhile, a utility worker found himself “flying” while fixing a stoplight in Denham Springs, Louisiana on 25 June.

The dashboard camera of a motorist caught the death-defying scene at the intersection of the Interstate-12 exit ramp and Range Avenue, New York Post (NYP) reports.

The dashcam video, shared online by Bill Atkinson, showed a large tractor-trailer turning onto the outside lane and smashing into the bucket carrying the repairman that was tethered to a truck, according to NYP.

The impact broke the bucket arm, turning it upside down and sending tools and debris flying. Fortunately, the worker was wearing a harness that kept strapped to the bucket and he did not fall to the ground.

It left him suspended over the highway though. His co-workers on the ground rushed to the truck to lower the bucket arm and rescue him.

The worker suffered minor injuries but was not hospitalized, Denham police told NYP.

The semi-truck driver pulled over after the crash, telling officials he hadn’t known how low the bucket was over the street, according to NYP.