Liaoningopterus was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Liaoningopterus lived during the Early Cretaceous and resided in Asia. The first Liaoningopterus fossil was discovered in 2003.
Quick facts about Liaoningopterus:
- Existed from Aptian Age to 113 million years ago
- Lived in a ridge
- Was a piscivore
- Could fly
- Only one specimen has been found by paleontologists
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Liaoningopterus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- E. M. Morschhauser and D. J. Varricchio. 2009. Anatomy of the Early Cretaceous bird Rapaxavis pani, a new species from Liaoning Province, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(2):545-554
