Pterofiltrus was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Pterofiltrus lived during the Early Cretaceous and resided in Asia. The first Pterofiltrus fossil was discovered in 2011.
Quick facts about Pterofiltrus:
- Existed from 130 million years ago 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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Pterofiltrus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- Z.-H. Zhou and X.-L. Wang. 2000. A new species of Caudipteryx from the Yixian Formation of Liaoning, northeast China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 38(2):111-127
