Lonchognathosaurus was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Lonchognathosaurus lived during the Early Cretaceous and resided in Asia. The first Lonchognathosaurus fossil was discovered in 2004.
Quick facts about Lonchognathosaurus:
- Existed from Aptian Age to 100.5 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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Lonchognathosaurus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- M. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke. 2004. A new dsungaripteroid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of the southern Junggar Basin, north-west China. Cretaceous Research 25:625-634
