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What animals were pterosaurs?

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They are pterodactyls.

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What is the animals in the group named pterosaur?

Pterosaurs were flying reptiles related to dinosaurs.


What are the pterosaur's prey?

There are over 135 different known genera of pterosaurs, and each species would have had different types of prey. Small pterosaurs like Pterodactylus probably ate insects, small land animals, and fish. Large pterosaurs such as Pteranodon probably ate fish, while other large pterosaurs like Quetzalcoatlus would have eaten small land animals, albeit larger than the prey of Pterodactylus.


What are winged animals resembling birds and dinosaurs?

You are probably thinking of extinct creatures such as pterosaurs and archaeopteryx.


Does pterosaurs eat humans?

No. Pterosaurs are extinct and humans never met the dinosaurs/pterosaurs.


What was a pterosaurs diet like?

Pterodactylus were carnivores, and had wingspans of about 5 feet. While young, they would have hunted insects, but in adulthood they would have hunted small fish and land animals such as lizards, amphibians, and primitive mammals.


Why weren't pterosaurs predators?

Actually, all known pterosaurs were carnivores, and thus they were predators. Depending on the species, pterosaurs ate insects, fish, or small land animals like lizards, amphibians, and primitive mammals. A few species were filter feeders, similar to modern flamingoes, which eat brine shrimp.


Does a Rhamphorhynchus it animals or plants?

it was a Pterosaurs (from the Jurassic period) and it was a carnivore (meat-eater) it most likely ate fish


Do pterosaurs fly?

Yes, pterosaurs were flying creatures.


Was a pterosaur a carnavore?

All known pterosaurs were carnivores. Depending on the species, they ate insects, fish, or small land animals.


What is an azhdarchid?

An azhdarchid is one of a family of pterosaurs of the group Azhdarchidae, known as some of the largest flying animals of all time.


What does a pterodactyle eat?

Pterosaurs (a group that pterodactyls belonged to) varied a great deal in many ways, including diet. Some pterosaurs ate meat from dead animals, much like vultures today. Some were active hunters that captured insects and small animals to eat. Others caught and ate fish.


Were there any hyper-carnivorous Pterosaurs?

All known pterosaurs were carnivores. There is no evidence that any pterosaurs ate any plants at all, and thus it is safe to say that at least most, if not all pterosaurs were hypercarnivorous.