Zhenyuanopterus was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Zhenyuanopterus lived during the Early Cretaceous and resided in Asia. The first Zhenyuanopterus fossil was discovered in 2010.
Quick facts about Zhenyuanopterus:
- Existed from Hauterivian Age to Aptian Age
- Lived in a marine environment
- Was a piscivore
- Could fly
- Only one specimen has been found by paleontologists
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Zhenyuanopterus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- J. Lü. 2010. A boreopterid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, northeastern China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 84(2):241-246
