Longchengpterus was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Longchengpterus lived during the Early Cretaceous and resided in Asia. The first Longchengpterus fossil was discovered in 2006.
Quick facts about Longchengpterus:
- Existed from Aptian Age to 113 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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Longchengpterus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- K.-Q. Gao and D. T. Ksepka. 2007. Cranial morphology of an Early Cretaceous monjurosuchid (Reptilia: Diapsida) from Liaoning Province of China and evolution of the choristoderan palate. Historical Biology 19(3):215-224
