Arthurdactylus was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Arthurdactylus lived during the Early Cretaceous and resided in South America. The first Arthurdactylus fossil was discovered in 1994.
Quick facts about Arthurdactylus:
- Existed from Aptian Age to 112.03 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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Arthurdactylus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- B. A. R. Mohr and H. Eklund. 2003. Araripia florifera, a magnoliid angiosperm from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation (Brazil). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 126:279-292
