Harpactognathus was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Harpactognathus lived during the Late Jurassic and resided in North America. The first Harpactognathus fossil was discovered in 2003.
Quick facts about Harpactognathus:
- Existed from Kimmeridgian Age to 152.1 million years ago
- Lived in a marine environment
- Was a piscivore
- Could fly
- Only one specimen has been found by paleontologists
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Harpactognathus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- K. Carpenter and C. Miles. 1998. Skull of a Jurassic ankylosaur (Dinosauria). Nature 393:782-783
