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Seazzadactylus

Name means: “Seazza finger”1

Ate: FishFlying reptilesLate TriassicNot technically a dinosaur

Seazzadactylus was a small flying reptile that lived during the Late Triassic. It had many sharp teeth with multiple cusps, perfect for catching fish. This pterosaur was discovered in a loose boulder in a stream in Italy.1

Fun fact: pterosaurs flew over the dinosaurs, but they were their cousins, not dinosaurs themselves.

Lived

227 to 206 million years ago4

Late Triassic

Fossils found in

Seazza Brook, Preone Municipality, Friuli Venezia Giulia, northeastern Italy1

Food

Fish4

Wingspan

0.75 m2

estimate

When did it live?

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

252 million years ago20114566, the asteroid

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Seazzadactylus had multicusped teeth, meaning each tooth had several small points.1

It lived about 227 to 206 million years ago during the Norian age of the Late Triassic.4

The only known fossil of Seazzadactylus was found in a loose boulder in the bed of Seazza Brook.1

Seazzadactylus is closely related to other Triassic pterosaurs like Carniadactylus and Austriadraco.1

Its name comes from the Seazza Brook where it was found, plus 'dactylus' meaning finger.1

AI-made picture of Seazzadactylus — An AI-made picture of how Seazzadactylus might have looked, made by a computer from what scientists know. It is a guess: the real animal may have looked different, and nobody knows its true colours.

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?How big was Seazzadactylus?

Seazzadactylus was a small pterosaur. The only known fossil is from a subadult, so its full adult size is not known for sure, but it was likely similar in size to other small Triassic pterosaurs.1 3

?What did Seazzadactylus eat?

It ate fish. Its many sharp, multicusped teeth were perfect for catching and holding slippery fish.4 1

?When did Seazzadactylus live?

It lived during the Late Triassic, about 219 to 214 million years ago, during the Norian age.3

?Where was Seazzadactylus found?

It was found in a loose boulder in the bed of Seazza Brook, near Preone in the Dolomites of northeastern Italy.1 3

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Scientific name: Seazzadactylus
Named by: Dalla Vecchia 20194
Group: Flying reptiles
Family / clade: Pterosauria4
Classification: Pterosauria4
Age of the rocks: 227 to 206 million years (Norian)4
Rock formations: Dolomia di Forni4
Countries: Italy4
Fossil records: 1 in the Paleobiology Database4
Discovery: Seazzadactylus was named in 2019 by paleontologist Fabio Marco Dalla Vecchia. The fossil was discovered by Umberto Venier in a boulder in Seazza Brook, Italy.1
Still debated: Scientists are still debating exactly where Seazzadactylus fits in the pterosaur family tree.1

Where the facts come from

PeerJ Seazzadactylus venieri gen. et sp. nov., a new pterosaur (Diapsida: Pterosauria) from the Upper Triassic (Norian) of northeastern Italy (peerj.com)
Seazzadactylus venieri | Pterosaur Database by DinoAnimals.com (dinoanimals.com)
Seazzadactylus (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia)
Seazzadactylus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.

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