Nurhachius was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Nurhachius lived during the Early Cretaceous and resided in Asia. The first Nurhachius fossil was discovered in 2003.
Quick facts about Nurhachius:
- Existed from 125 million years ago to 113 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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Nurhachius was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- X. Wang and A. W. A. Kellner. 2005. Pterosaur diversity and faunal turnover in Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems in China. Nature 437:875-879
