Aurorazhdarcho was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Aurorazhdarcho lived during the Late Jurassic and resided in Europe. The first Aurorazhdarcho fossil was discovered in 2011.
Quick facts about Aurorazhdarcho:
- Existed from Tithonian Age to 145 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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Aurorazhdarcho was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- E. Frey and C. A. Meyer. 2011. The oldest azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone (Early Tithonian) of Southern Germany. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 104(supp. 1):S35-S55
