Istiodactylus was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Istiodactylus lived during the Early Cretaceous and resided in Europe. The first Istiodactylus fossil was discovered in 2001.
Quick facts about Istiodactylus:
- Existed from Hauterivian Age to Aptian Age
- Lived in a marine environment
- Was a piscivore
- Could fly
- 6 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Istiodactylus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- S. C. B. Howse and A. R. Milner. 2001. Pterosaurs. In D. M. Martill, D. Naish (eds.), Dinosaurs from the Isle of Wight, The Palaeontological Association, London
- R. Lydekker. 1888. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History). Part I. Containing the Orders Ornithosauria, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, Squamata, Rhynchocephalia, and Proterosauria. British Museum (Natural History), London
- S. C. Sweetman and D. M. Martill. 2010. Pterosaurs of the Wessex Formation (Earl Cretaceous, Barremian) of the Isle of Wight, southern England: a review with new data. Journal of Iberian Geology 36(2):225-242
