Cuspicephalus was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Cuspicephalus lived during the Late Jurassic and resided in Europe. The first Cuspicephalus fossil was discovered in 2013.
Quick facts about Cuspicephalus:
- Existed from 155.7 million years ago to 150.8 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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Cuspicephalus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- D. M. Martill and S. Etches. 2013. A new monofenestratan pterosaur from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Kimmeridgian, Upper Jurassic) of Dorset, England. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58(2):285-294
