Nemicolopterus was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Nemicolopterus lived during the Early Cretaceous and resided in Asia. The first Nemicolopterus fossil was discovered in 2008.
Quick facts about Nemicolopterus:
- Existed from 125 million years ago to 113 million years ago
- Lived in a forest
- Was a piscivore
- Could fly
- Only one specimen has been found by paleontologists
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Nemicolopterus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- X. Wang and A. W. A. Kellner. 2008. Discovery of a rare arboreal forest dwelling flying reptile (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105(6):1983-1987
