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What was the diet of a pterosaurs?

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12y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

All pterosaurs were carnivorous, however there were many different species, and different species hunted different prey. Some hunted fish, while others ate insects or small land animals like lizards, amphibians, and primitive mammals.

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