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PETEINOSAURUS
(peh-tain-oh-sore-us)
meaning: "Winged lizard"
Peteinosaurus
Named By: Rupert Wild in 1978
Time Period: Late Triassic, 221-210 Ma
Location: Italy, Cene
Size: 60 centimetre wingspan
Diet: unavailable
Fossil(s): 3 specimens of sub adults. No skulls
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Pterosauria | Dimorphodontidae |
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Peteinosaurus ( pe-TY-na-SAWR-as meaning "winged lizard") was a prehistoric genus of Pterosauria. It lived in the late Triassic period in the late Norian age (about 221 to 210 million years ago).

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