Raeticodactylus was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. The first Raeticodactylus fossil was discovered in 2008.
Quick facts about Raeticodactylus:
- Existed from 212 million years ago to 201.3 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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Raeticodactylus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- R. Stecher. 2008. A new Triassic pterosaur from Switzerland (Central Austroalpine, Grisons), Raeticodactylus filisurensis gen. et sp. nov. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 101(1):185-201
