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A "pterodactyl" was one of the two main groups of pterosaurs, or flying reptiles. They weren't dinosaurs. In any case, pterosaurs lived from the late Triassic (about 220 million years ago) to the end of the Cretaceous (about 65 million years ago).
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∙ 11y agoThe first pterosaurs appear in the fossil record around 210 million years ago. Because of gaps in the fossil record, paleontologists don't know what creatures were the ancestors of pterosaurs.
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∙ 11y agoPterosaurs first evolved 210 million years ago and died out 65.5 million years ago, at the same time as the dinosaurs went extinct. This was during the late Triassic and all of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods during the Mesozoic era.
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∙ 10y agoThe first flying reptiles, most accurately referred to as pterosaurs and not pterodactyls, appeared about 220 million years ago. The specific genus of pterosaur known as Pterodactylus existed from 150.8 to 148.5 million years ago.
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∙ 14y agoThe most common scientific conclusion to when Pterodactyls became extinct is 65 million years ago
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∙ 11y agoThe first Pterodactylus fossil was found in the 1700's. However, it wasn't until 1800 that Johann Hermann determined that Pterodactylus was not a sea creature but a flying animal.
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∙ 11y agoPterodactylus existed between 150.8 and 148.5 million years ago. That was during the Tithonian stage of the Jurassic period.
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They existed during most of the Mesozoic : from the late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous (228 to 66 million years ago).
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When did first birds appear?
Middle to late cretacious. But some dinosaurs e.g raptors, and pterosaurs were there even earlier.
Does pterosaurs eat humans?
No. Pterosaurs are extinct and humans never met the dinosaurs/pterosaurs.
What flying reptile first appeared during the Mesozoic era?
Pterosaurs
Do pterosaurs fly?
Yes, pterosaurs were flying creatures.
Which period did pterosaurs originate in?
The first pterosaur (Preondactylus) lived in the Late Triassic Period.
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.
Were Pterosaurs carnivores or herbivores?
Herbivores. The brontosaurus and brachiasaurus were herbivores.
Can pterosaurs roar?
no
Was a Pterosaur a type of flying reptile?
The only known reptiles to have evolved powered flight were pterosaurs. Thus, all pterosaurs were flying reptiles and all flying reptiles are pterosaurs.
What animals were pterosaurs?
They are pterodactyls.
What is the pterodactyl evolution?
Pterodactylus was a pterosaur, and pterosaurs were archosaurs. All pterosaurs died out 65.5 million years ago. Other types of archosaurs include crocodillians, the dinosaurs, and the birds, which evolved from dinosaurs. The pterosaurs were more closely related to the dinosaurs than they were to crocodillians, so the closest living relatives of pterosaurs are the birds. All birds are equally related to pterosaurs.
Are pterosaurs related to dinosaurs?
Yes. Dinosaurs and pterosaurs were both archosaurs, a branch that also include crocodilians.
