Who Did Pterodactyls Live?

Fossils of pterodactyls like this one have mostly been found in the Bavaria region of Germany. Pterodactyls are an extinct species of winged reptiles (pterosaurs) that lived during the Jurassic period (about 150 million years ago.)

What countries did pterodactyls live in?

Fossil remains of Pterodactylus have primarily been found in the Solnhofen limestone of Bavaria, Germany, which dates back to the Late Jurassic period (early Tithonian stage), about 150.8 to 148.5 million years ago.

Did pterodactyls live in groups?

Like dinosaurs, pterosaurs were members of a group of animals called Avemetatarsalia. This group had evolved from reptiles called archosaurs.

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