Elopteryx was a carnivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited Europe. Its fossils have been found in places such as Caraș-Severin (Romania).
Quick facts about Elopteryx:
- Existed from Campanian Age to 66 million years ago
- Lived in a marsh
- Was a carnivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- 2 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Elopteryx was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- B. F. Nopcsa. 1897. Vorläufiger Bericht über das Auftreten von oberer Kreide im Hátszeger Thale in Siebenbürgen [Preliminary report on the occurrence of the Upper Cretaceous in the Hátszeg Valley in Transylvania]. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt, Wien 1897:273-274
- E. Kessler and D. Grigorescu. 2005. Elopteryx revisited-A new bird-like specimen from the Maastrichtian of the Hateg Basin (Romania). Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 5:249-258
