Pterosaur
Cascocauda
Cascocauda was a small anurognathid pterosaur with a broad, short head and a distinctive covering of body structures.
Cascocauda was a small anurognathid pterosaur with a broad, short head and a distinctive covering of body structures. Its compact form differs from the long-snouted pterosaur stereotype.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Cascocauda at a glance
- Diet
- Insect-eating
- Its feeding anatomy is associated with taking insects and other small invertebrates.
- When it lived
- Jurassic
- Group
- Pterosauria
- Pterosauria
Beyond the game
The real Cascocauda
Cascocauda was a small anurognathid pterosaur with a broad, short head and a distinctive covering of body structures. Its compact form differs from the long-snouted pterosaur stereotype.
Its fossil has contributed to study of pterosaur body coverings. Those structures occurred alongside the membrane and elongated finger of the pterosaur wing.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map location · Mutoudeng, Qinglong County, Hebei, China ↗
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: Paleobiology Database and linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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