Cacibupteryx was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Cacibupteryx lived during the Late Jurassic and resided in Cuba. The first Cacibupteryx fossil was discovered in 2004.
Quick facts about Cacibupteryx:
- Existed from 161.2 million years ago to 155.7 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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Cacibupteryx was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- Z. Gasparini and M. Fernandez. 2004. A new pterosaur from the Jurassic of Cuba. Palaeontology 47:919-927
