Huanhepterus was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Huanhepterus lived during the Late Jurassic and resided in Asia. The first Huanhepterus fossil was discovered in 1982.
Quick facts about Huanhepterus:
- Existed from 139.8 million years ago to Albian Age
- Lived in a marine environment
- Was a piscivore
- Could fly
- Only one specimen has been found by paleontologists
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Huanhepterus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- Z. Dong. 1982. On a new Pterosauria (<i>Huanhepterus quingyangensis</i> gen. et sp. nov.) from Ordos, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 20(2):115-121
