Arambourgiania was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Arambourgiania lived during the Late Cretaceous and resided in Asia. The first Arambourgiania fossil was discovered in 1987.
Quick facts about Arambourgiania:
- Existed from 72.1 million years ago to 66 million years ago
- Lived in a marine environment
- Was a piscivore
- Could fly
- 2 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Arambourgiania was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- C. Arambourg. 1959. Titanopteryx philadelphiae nov. gen., nov. sp. Ptérosaurien géant [Titanopteryx philadelphiae nov. gen., nov. sp. Giant pterosaurian]. Contributions à la Stratigraphie et à la Paléontologie du Crétacé et du Nummulitique de la Marge NW de la Péninsule Arabique. Notes et Mémoires du Moyen Orient 7:229-234
