Campylognathoides was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Campylognathoides lived during the Early Jurassic and resided in Europe. The first Campylognathoides fossil was discovered in 1928.
Quick facts about Campylognathoides:
- Existed from Pliensbachian Age to 182 million years ago
- Lived in a marine environment
- Was a piscivore
- Could fly
- 12 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Campylognathoides was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- P. Wellnhofer and B.-W. Vahldiek. 1986. Ein Flugsaurier-Rest aus dem Posidonienschiefer (Unter-Toarcium) von Schandelah bei Braunschweig. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 60:329-340
- K. Padian. 2008. The Early Jurassic pterosaur Dorygnathus banthensis (Theodori, 1830). Special Papers in Palaeontology 80:1-64
- K. Padian. 2008. The Early Jurassic pterosaur Campylognathoides Strand, 1928. Special Papers in Palaeontology 80:65-107
