Hongshanopterus was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Hongshanopterus lived during the Early Cretaceous and resided in Asia. The first Hongshanopterus fossil was discovered in 2008.
Quick facts about Hongshanopterus:
- Existed from 125 million years ago to 113 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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Hongshanopterus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- Z. Zhou and F. Zhang. 2002. A long-tailed, seed-eating bird from the Early Cretaceous of China. Nature 418:405-409
