Apatomerus was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Apatomerus lived during the Lower Cretaceous and resided in North America. The first Apatomerus fossil was discovered in 1903.
Quick facts about Apatomerus:
- Existed from 113 million years ago to 100.5 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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Apatomerus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- S. W. Williston. 1902. Notes on some new or little-known extinct reptiles. Kansas University Science Bulletin 1(9):247-254
