Gnathosaurus was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Gnathosaurus lived during the Late Jurassic and resided in Europe. The first Gnathosaurus fossil was discovered in 1833.
Quick facts about Gnathosaurus:
- Existed from 167.7 million years ago to 139.8 million years ago
- Lived in a limestone
- Was a piscivore
- Could fly
- 3 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Gnathosaurus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- D. Fuchs, H. Keupp, and T. Engeser. 2003. New records of soft parts of Muensterella scutellaris Muenster, 1842 (Coeloidea) from the Late Jurassic plattenkalks or Eichstãtt and their significance for octobrachian relationships. Berliner Paläobio. Abh. 3:101-111
- S. C. B. Howse and A. R. Milner. 1995. The pterodactyloids from the Purbeck Limestone Formation of Dorset. Bulletin of the Natural History Musuem, London (Geology) 51(1):73-88
- T. H. de la Beche and W. D. Conybeare. 1821. Notice of the discovery of a new Fossil Animal, forming a link between the Ichthyosaurus and the Crocodile, together with general remarks on the Osteology of the Ichthyosaurus. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, series 1 5:559-594
