Eudimorphodon was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Eudimorphodon lived during the Late Triassic and resided in Europe. The first Eudimorphodon fossil was discovered in 1973.
Quick facts about Eudimorphodon:
- Existed from 215.56 million years ago to Rhaetian Age
- Lived in a marine environment
- Was a piscivore
- Could fly
- 13 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Eudimorphodon was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- B. Peyer. 1956. Über Zähne von Haramiyiden, von Triconodonten und von wahrscheinlich synapsiden Reptilien aus dem Rhät von Hallau, Kt. Schaffhausen, Schweiz [On the teeth of haramiyids, triconodonts, and probable synapsid reptiles from the Rhaetic of Hallau, Kanton Schaffhausen, Switzerland]. Schweizerische Paleontologische Abhandlungen 72:1-72
- D. Sigogneau-Russell. 1983. Nouveaux taxons de mammifères rhétiens [New taxa of Rhaetian mammals]. Second Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems, Jadwisin 1981. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 28(1-2):233-249
- F. M. Dalla Vecchia. 1995. A new pterosaur (Reptilia, Pterosauria) from the Norian (Late Triassic) of Friuli (northeastern Italy). Preliminary note. Gortania - Atti del Museo Friulano di Storia Naturale 16:59-66
