Faxinalipterus was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Faxinalipterus lived during the Late Triassic and resided in South America. The first Faxinalipterus fossil was discovered in 2010.
Quick facts about Faxinalipterus:
- Existed from Norian Age to 208.5 million years ago
- Lived in a terrestrial habitat
- Only one specimen has been found by paleontologists
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Faxinalipterus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- J. F. Bonaparte, A. G. Martinelli, and C. L. Schultz, R. Rubert. 2003. The sister group of mammals: small cynodonts from the Late Triassic of southern Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Paleontología 5:5-27
