Nesodactylus was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Nesodactylus lived during the Late Jurassic and resided in Cuba. The first Nesodactylus fossil was discovered in 1969.
Quick facts about Nesodactylus:
- Existed from Oxfordian Age to 155.7 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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Nesodactylus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- E. H. Colbert. 1969. A Jurassic pterosaur from Cuba. American Museum Novitates 2370:1-26
