Cathayopterus was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Cathayopterus lived during the Early Cretaceous and resided in Asia.

All the Cathayopterus illustrations below were collected from the internet. Enjoy and explore:

Cathayopterus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
  • X. Wang and Z. Zhou. 2006. Pterosaur adaptive radiation of the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota. In J. Rong, Z. Fang, Z. Zhou, R. Zhan, X. Wang, X. Yuan (eds.), Originations, radiations and biodiversity changes - evidences from the Chinese fossil record