Linlongopterus

Name: Linlongopterus ‭(‬Forest dragon wing‭)‬.
Phonetic: Lin-long-op-teh-rus.
Named By: T.‭ ‬Rodrigues,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Jiang,‭ ‬X.‭ ‬Cheng,‭ ‬X.‭ ‬Wang,‭ & ‬A.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Kellner‭ ‬-‭ ‬2015.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Pterosauria,‭ ‬Pterodactyloidea,‭ ‬Anhangueria.
Species: L.‭ ‬jennyae‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Piscivore‭?
Size: Uncertain due to lack of remains.
Known locations: China,‭ ‬Liaoning Province‭ ‬-‭ ‬Jiufotang Formation.
Time period: Early Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial skull and mandible.

       Linlongopterus is a genus of pterosaurs that lived in China during‭ ‬the early Cretaceous.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A new toothed pteranodontoid‭ (‬Pterosauria,‭ ‬Pterodactyloidea‭) ‬from the Jiufotang Formation‭ (‬Lower Cretaceous,‭ ‬Aptian‭) ‬of China and comments on Liaoningopterus gui Wang and Zhou,‭ ‬2003.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Historical Biology‭ ‬27‭(‬6‭)‬:782-795.‭ ‬-‭ ‬T.‭ ‬Rodrigues,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Jiang,‭ ‬X.‭ ‬Cheng,‭ ‬X.‭ ‬Wang,‭ & ‬A.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Kellner‭ ‬-‭ ‬2015.



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