Ornithocheirus was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Ornithocheirus lived during the Late Jurassic and resided in Europe and Africa. The first Ornithocheirus fossil was discovered in 1869.
Quick facts about Ornithocheirus:
- Existed from 136.4 million years ago to Turonian Age
- Lived in a marine environment
- Was a piscivore
- Could fly
- 11 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Ornithocheirus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- D. M. Martill and N. Ibrahim. 2015. An unusual modification of the jaws in cf. Alanqa, a mid-Cretaceous azhdarchid pterosaur from the Kem Kem beds of Morocco. Cretaceous Research 53:59-67
- E. Buffetaut and P. Wellnhofer. 1983. Un reste de Ptérosaurien dans l'Hauterivien (Crétacé inférieur) de la Haute-Marne. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 25(1):111-115
- E. Malzahn. 1979. Apseudes giganteus nov. spec. — die erste Scherenassel aus der Kreide. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien 82:67-81
