Volgadraco was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Volgadraco lived during the Late Cretaceous and resided in Asia. The first Volgadraco fossil was discovered in 2008.
Quick facts about Volgadraco:
- Existed from 83.5 million years ago to Maastrichtian Age
- Lived in a marine environment
- Was a piscivore
- Could fly
- 2 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Volgadraco was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- A. O. Averianov and M. S. Arkhangelsky. 2008. A new Late Cretaceous azhdarchid (Pterosauria, Azhdarchidae) from the Volga region. Paleontological Journal 42(6):634-642
- A. O. Averianov. 2007. New records of azhdarchids (Pterosauria, Azhdarchidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Central Asia. Paleontological Journal 41(2):189-197
