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DinoCache: Ornithocheirus Mystery Cache

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joukkusisu: Well this had a good run. I suspect the original beacon has rotted away and thus exposing the cache.

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Hidden : 7/23/2008
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Bone-shaped cache from DinoCache: The Valley GC1C7AE


***** NOT AT THE PUBLISHED COORDINATES *******

In order to find this cache, you must look up some facts about this Pterosaur. In all the answers, use the ones digit. For places or names, use simple substitution for each letter and add them up.

N44 5A.BCD

W93 1E.FGH

A. How many species of Ornithocheirus have been identified?

B. In what formation were the first fossils found? Add 2.

C. Who first discovered these fossils? Gideon ____ Add 2.

D. What does Ornithocheirus translate to? Subtract 1.

E. What palaeontologist first named and catalogued the Ornithocheirus?

F. When did he name and catalogue the Ornithocheirus?

G. What was the Ornithocheirus' maximum wingspan in meters?

H. In what formation were the most Ornithocheirus fossils found? Cambridge ____


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