Luchibang
Name: Luchibang
(L�'s heron wing).
Phonetic: Lu--chi-bang.
Named By: David W. E. Hone, Adam J. Fitch,
Feimin Ma & Xing Xu - 2020.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea, Istiodactylidae.
Species: L. xinzhe (type).
Diet: Piscivore.
Size: Holotype wingspan estimated at 2 meters,
but this is of a juvenile. adult size uncertain.
Known locations: China - Yixian Formation?
Time period: Aptian? of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial skull and almost
complete skeleton of a juvenile.
Luchibang
is a genus of pterosaur
that lived in Asia during the early Cretaceous.
Further reading
- An unusual new genus of
istiodactylid pterosaur from China based on a near complete specimen.
- Palaeontologia Electronica. 23 (1): Article number
23(1):a09. - David W. E. Hone, Adam J. Fitch, Feimin
Ma & Xing Xu - 2020.
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