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No known species of dinosaur was ever able to fly despite birds being believed to have evolved from them. The flying reptiles such as the pterodactylus, tapejara, geosternbergia and ornithocheirus etc are collectively known as 'pterosaurs'. Their taxonomy is considered different from the dinosaurs. The largest of the pterosaurs to be discovered so far is the Quetzalcoatlus.
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∙ 12y agoThere are many reptiles that flew specially during the Mesozoic era although the most well-known is the pterodactyl. However, contrary to popular belief they were not dinosaurs but a separate type of animal called pterosaurs. Although if your talking about the dinosaurs that had feathers and was the first link between birds and dinosaurs well that would be Archaeopteryx.
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∙ 13y agoWhen most people think of a "flying dinosaur," they are thinking of a pterodactyl. Although they might look like flying dinosaurs, pterodactyls (and other members of the pterosaur family) are actually not dinosaurs at all! -Technically, pterosaurs are considered flying reptiles, and they are often confused with dinosaurs because they lived at the same time.
One more prehistoric animal that is sometimes considered a "flying dinosaur" is the Archaeopteryx.
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∙ 12y agoPterodactyls (or more properly pterosaurs) are often thought of as flying dinosaurs. However, they technically were in a branch of reptiles separate from dinosaurs.
The true flying dinosaurs were, and still are, birds.
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∙ 14y agoFlying dinosaurs were and are called birds. Birds are the only living decendents of dinosaurs and their morphology is so similar to the raptor family of therapod dinosaurs that science is starting to consider them as avian dinosaurs.
Pterasaurs are commonly considered dinosaurs and althought they were very closely related they were a not actually dinosaurs. They evolved from a different branch of the archosaur family.
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∙ 12y agoThe most commonly know flying dinosaur is the Pterosaur.
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∙ 13y agoThe name of the first flying dinosaur is Petinosaurus.
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Is the pteradactyl dinosaur a herbivore amnivore or a carnivore?
pterodactyl was NOT a dinosaur it was from a group of flying creatures called pterosaurs it was a carnivore
Was a dinosaur or bird or people or monkeys here first?
A dinosaur. Certainly.
What was the first dinosaur to die?
Not many people know this but infact the first dinosaur to die was a 'hobosaurus'
What is the largest name of a dinosaur in the world?
Micropachycephalosaurus (meaning small thick head lizard) is the largest name of a dinosaur in the world.
When was the first dinosaur fossil found in antarctic?
Dinosaur Species In Australia --AtlascopcosaurusAustralovenatorAustrosaurusDiamantinasaurusFulgurotheriumGrallatorKakuruLeaellynasauraMinmiMuttaburrasaurusOzraptorQantassaurusRapatorRhoetosaurusSerendipaceratopsTimimusWalgettosuchusWintonopusWintonotitan
The name of the most common flying dinosaur?
Pterosaurus
What is a flying dinosaur's name with 11 letters?
pterodactyl
How do you spell teradactyl?
The likely word is the flying dinosaur (pterosaur) called the pterodactyl.
What dinosaur is first born?
The skull & hind legs of the Dimorphodon (flying reptile) resembled the 1st dinosaur
What is a pterodactylus?
A flying dinosaur
Name three dinosaurs that had wings?
The most famous winged creatures of the dinosaur time were the pterosaurs, an order of flying reptiles often mistakenly called dinosaurs. However, the dinosaurs world was also inhabited by flying insects, which evolved much earlier, and later, the first birds, which branched off from the dinosaurs.
What are the release dates for The Case of the Flying Dinosaur - 1990?
The Case of the Flying Dinosaur - 1990 was released on: USA: 1990
How do you spell tereadactol?
The "pterodactyl" was a flying dinosaur, named for the clawed digits on its wingtips.
What are pteradoctils?
Prehistoric flying dinosaur.
Is tyrannosaur a flying dinosaur?
yes
What is a teradacktel?
A flying bird-like dinosaur.
What is the name of the 4 winged dinosaur?
The name of the 4 winged dinosaur is Microraptor. It was a real dinosaur living it had wings on its arms and legs. Paleontologist are having a argument on how it flies. It uses its wings to soar through the air. It is like the flying squirrel, gliding from tree top to tree top.
