Pterosaur

Pterosaur

Pterosaurs are a collective term for reptiles in the order Pterosauriformes, which are closely related to dinosaurs and crocodiles. Their name means winged lizards. Pterosaurs are extinct reptiles and vertebrates capable of flight. Pterosaur fossils have been found in Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Hebei, Gansu, Sichuan, Shandong, Zhejiang and other places in China, while pterosaur fossils have been found on various continents worldwide, including Antarctica. The pterosaurs lived from the late Triassic to the late Cretaceous, almost spanning the entire Mesozoic era.