Pterosaur
Dsungaripterus
The front of its beak had no teeth; farther back, rounded teeth helped it crush food.
Dsungaripterus’ mouth had a toothless tip and rounded teeth farther back.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Dsungaripterus at a glance
- Diet
- Hard-shelled prey (proposed)
- Its robust teeth have been interpreted as adaptations for crushing prey such as mollusks or crustaceans.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Dsungaripteridae
- Dsungaripterids
- Fossil locations
- China
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Dsungaripterus
Its fossils come from pterosaur deposits in the Junggar Basin. The exact age of some levels remains disputed, so precise figures should be treated with caution.
The front of its beak had no teeth, while rounded teeth farther back were suited to crushing food. The age of some deposits containing its fossils remains disputed, so dates should be treated as approximate.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.A note on the science
Its robust teeth have been interpreted as adaptations for crushing prey such as mollusks or crustaceans.
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- Dsungaripterus
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- Dsungaripterus
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- Dsungaripteridae
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