Eudimorphodon: Fish-eating Triassic Pterosaur from Northern Italy

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Eudimorphodon was a pterosaur that was discovered in 1973 by Mario Pandolfi in the town of Cene, Italy and described the same year by Rocco Zambelli. The nearly complete skeleton was retrieved from shale deposited during the Late Triassic (mid to late Norian stage,[1] 219-215 million years ago),[2] making Eudimorphodon one of the oldest pterosaurs known.[3] It had a wingspan of about 100 centimeters (3.3 ft)[4] and at the end of its long bony tail may have been a diamond-shaped flap like in the later Rhamphorhynchus. If so, the flap may have helped it steer while maneuvering in the air.[5] Eudimorphodon is known from several skeletons, including juvenile specimens.