Ningchengopterus was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Ningchengopterus lived during the Early Cretaceous and resided in Asia. The first Ningchengopterus fossil was discovered in 2009.
Quick facts about Ningchengopterus:
- Existed from Hauterivian Age to 122.46 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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Ningchengopterus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- J. Lü. 2009. A baby pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Yixian Formation of Ningcheng, Inner Mongolia, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 83(1):1-8
