Feilongus was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Feilongus lived during the Early Cretaceous and resided in Asia. The first Feilongus fossil was discovered in 2005.
Quick facts about Feilongus:
- Existed from 129.4 million years ago to 113 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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Feilongus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- X. Wang and A. W. A. Kellner. 2005. Pterosaur diversity and faunal turnover in Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems in China. Nature 437:875-879
- L.-H. Hou and L. D. Martin. 1999. Archaeopteryx to opposite birds – missing link from the Mesozoic of China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 37(2):88-95
