Haopterus was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Haopterus lived during the Early Cretaceous and resided in Asia. The first Haopterus fossil was discovered in 2001.
Quick facts about Haopterus:
- Existed from 129.4 million years ago to 122.46 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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Haopterus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- X. Wang and J. Lü. 2001. Discovery of a pterodactylid pterosaur from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China. Chinese Science Bulletin 46:1112-1117
