Ardeadactylus was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Ardeadactylus lived during the Late Jurassic and resided in Europe. The first Ardeadactylus fossil was discovered in 2013.
Quick facts about Ardeadactylus:
- Existed from 155.7 million years ago to Tithonian Age
- Lived in a marine environment
- Was a piscivore
- Could fly
- 4 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Ardeadactylus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- G. Dietl and G. Schweigert. 2011. Im Reich der Meerengel. Der Nusplinger Plattenkalk und seine Fossilien.. Munich: Dr. Friedrich Pfeil.
- G. Münster. 1838. Planche VII. Limules fossiles des couches supérieures du Jura. In J. Van der Hoeven (ed.), Recherches sur l'Histoire Naturelle et l'Anatomie des Limules
- O. W. M. Rauhut, A. López-Arbarello, and M. Röper, M. Rothgaenger. 2017. Vertebrate fossils from the Kimmeridgian of Brunn: the oldest fauna from the Solnhofen Archipelago (Late Jurassic, Bavaria, Germany). Zitteliana 89:305-329
