Beipiaopterus was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Beipiaopterus lived during the Early Cretaceous and resided in Asia. The first Beipiaopterus fossil was discovered in 2003.
Quick facts about Beipiaopterus:
- Existed from 129.4 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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Beipiaopterus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- J.-C. Lü. 2002. Soft tissue in an Early Cretaceous pterosaur from Liaoning Province, China. Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum 1:19-28
