Hatzegopteryx was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Hatzegopteryx lived during the Late Cretaceous and resided in Europe. The first Hatzegopteryx fossil was discovered in 2002.
Quick facts about Hatzegopteryx:
- Existed from 70.6 million years ago to 66 million years ago
- Lived in a marine environment
- Was a piscivore
- Could fly
- 2 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Hatzegopteryx was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- D. Grigorescu, M. Seclamen, and D. B. Norman, D. B. Weishampel. 1990. Dinosaur eggs from Romania. Nature 346:417
- E. Buffetaut, D. Grigorescu, and Z. Csiki. 2002. A new giant pterosaur with a robust skull from the latest Cretaceous of Romania. Naturwissenschaften 89:180-184
- V. Codrea, M. Vremir, and C. Jipa, P. Godefroit, Z. Csiki, T. Smith, C. Farcas. 2010. More than just Nopcsa's Transylvanian dinosaurs: A look outside the Hateg Basin. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 293:391-405
