Eosipterus was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Eosipterus lived during the Early Cretaceous and resided in Asia. The first Eosipterus fossil was discovered in 1997.
Quick facts about Eosipterus:
- Existed from Barremian Age to 122.46 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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Eosipterus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- F. Zhang and Z. Zhou. 2004. Leg feathers in an Early Cretaceous bird. Nature 431:925
