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 and Asia. 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):
- H. G. Seeley. 1887. On a sacrum, apparently indicating a new type of bird, Ornithodesmus cluniculus, Seeley, from the Wealden of Brook. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 43:206-211
- S. C. B. Howse, A. R. Milner, and D. M. Martill. 2001. Pterosaurs. In D. M. Martill, D. Naish (eds.), Dinosaurs from the Isle of Wight, The Palaeontological Association, 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
