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Eudimorphodon
Eudimorphodon ranzii
The fossils show that pterosaurs developed different teeth and feeding strategies early in their history.
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Characteristics
- Scientific name
- Eudimorphodon ranzii
- Period
- Late Triassic (Norian)
- Lived
- 210–201.4 Ma (210 million years ago)
- Diet
- Piscivore
- Habitat
- Coast, Airborne
- Length (estimate)
- 0.5 m
Description
Eudimorphodon was an early pterosaur with long wings, a relatively short tail and multi-cusped teeth. The tooth shape may indicate a diet of fish and invertebrates, but dietary details remain uncertain. It flew over coastal waters and may have been able to take off from rocks or the water surface. Pterosaurs were flying reptiles, not dinosaurs.
Habitat
Coastlines and lagoons along the edge of the Triassic sea.
Fossil sites
Cene, Lombardy
Zorzino Limestone
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Sources: Eudimorphodon