Austriadactylus was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Austriadactylus lived during the Upper Triassic and resided in Europe. The first Austriadactylus fossil was discovered in 2002.
Quick facts about Austriadactylus:
- Existed from Norian Age to 205.6 million years ago
- Lived in a marine environment
- Was a piscivore
- Could fly
- 2 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Austriadactylus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- F. M. Dalla Vecchia and R. Wild. 2002. A crested rhamphorhynchoid pterosaur from the Late Triassic of Austria. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(1):196-199
- R. Wild. 1984. A new pterosaur (Reptilia, Pterosauria) from the Upper Triassic (Norian) of Fruili, Italy. Gortania - Atti del Museo Friulano di Storia Naturale 5:45-62
