Zhejiangopterus was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Zhejiangopterus lived during the Late Cretaceous and resided in Asia. The first Zhejiangopterus fossil was discovered in 1994.
Quick facts about Zhejiangopterus:
- Existed from 83.5 million years ago to 70.6 million years ago
- Lived in a quarry
- Was a piscivore
- Could fly
- Had a body mass of approximately 9290 g
- Only one specimen has been found by paleontologists
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Zhejiangopterus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- Z. Cai and F. Wei. 1994. Zhejiangopterus linhaiensis (Pterosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Linhai, Zhejiang, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 32(3):181-194
