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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