Chaoyangopterus was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Chaoyangopterus lived during the Early Cretaceous and resided in Asia. The first Chaoyangopterus fossil was discovered in 2003.
Quick facts about Chaoyangopterus:
- Existed from 125 million years ago to 113 million years ago
- Lived in a ridge
- Was a piscivore
- Could fly
- 2 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Chaoyangopterus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- X. Wang and A. W. A. Kellner. 2005. Pterosaur diversity and faunal turnover in Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems in China. Nature 437:875-879
- K.-Q. Gao and D. T. Ksepka. 2007. Cranial morphology of an Early Cretaceous monjurosuchid (Reptilia: Diapsida) from Liaoning Province of China and evolution of the choristoderan palate. Historical Biology 19(3):215-224
