Ornithodesmus was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. The first Ornithodesmus fossil was discovered in 1887.
Quick facts about Ornithodesmus:
- Existed from Berriasian Age to 136.4 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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Ornithodesmus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- P. Austen and D. Brockhurst. 2010. Vertebrate fauna from Ashdown Brickworks, Bexhill, East Sussex. Wealden News (8):13-23
