Germanodactylus was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Germanodactylus lived during the Late Jurassic and resided in Europe. The first Germanodactylus fossil was discovered in 1964.
Quick facts about Germanodactylus:
- Existed from Kimmeridgian Age to 145 million years ago
- Lived in a limestone
- Was a piscivore
- Could fly
- 5 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Germanodactylus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- D. M. Unwin. 1988. A new pterosaur from the Kimmeridge Clay of Kimmeridge, Dorset. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural Hisory and Archaeological Society 109:150-153
- F. X. Mayr. 1973. Ein neuer Archaeopteryx-Fund [A new Archaeopteryx find]. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 47(1/2):17-24
- G. Münster. 1838. Planche VII. Limules fossiles des couches supérieures du Jura. In J. Van der Hoeven (ed.), Recherches sur l'Histoire Naturelle et l'Anatomie des Limules
