Caulkicephalus was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Caulkicephalus lived during the Early Cretaceous and resided in Europe. The first Caulkicephalus fossil was discovered in 2005.
Quick facts about Caulkicephalus:
- Existed from Barremian Age to 125 million years ago
- Lived in a marine environment
- Was a piscivore
- Could fly
- 2 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Caulkicephalus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- L. Steel and D. M. Martill. 2005. A new pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Wessex Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of the Isle of Wight, England. Cretaceous Research 26:686-698
- S. C. Sweetman and D. M. Martill. 2010. Pterosaurs of the Wessex Formation (Earl Cretaceous, Barremian) of the Isle of Wight, southern England: a review with new data. Journal of Iberian Geology 36(2):225-242
