Thalassodromeus was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Thalassodromeus lived during the Early Cretaceous and resided in South America. The first Thalassodromeus fossil was discovered in 2002.
Quick facts about Thalassodromeus:
- Existed from 112.03 million years ago to 109 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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Thalassodromeus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- R. C. Martins Neto and A. W. A. Kellner. 1988. Primeiro registro de pena na Formacao Santana (Cretaceo inferior), Bacia do Araripe, nordeste do Brasil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias 60:61-68
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