Qinglongopterus was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Qinglongopterus lived during the Middle Jurassic and resided in Asia. The first Qinglongopterus fossil was discovered in 2012.
Quick facts about Qinglongopterus:
- Existed from Bathonian Age to 150.8 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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Qinglongopterus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- J. Lü. 2009. A new non-pterodactyloid pterosaur from Qinglong County, Hebei Province of China. Acta Geologica Sinica 83(2):189-199
