Muzquizopteryx was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Muzquizopteryx lived during the Late Cretaceous and resided in North America. The first Muzquizopteryx fossil was discovered in 2006.
Quick facts about Muzquizopteryx:
- Existed from 93.5 million years ago to 85.8 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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Muzquizopteryx was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- W. Stinnesbeck and C. Ifrim. 2005. A new lithographic limestone deposit in the Upper Cretaceous Austin Group at El Rosario, county of Múzquiz, Coahuila, northeastern Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 22:401-418
