Qinglongopterus
Qinglongopterus Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Family: | †Rhamphorhynchidae |
Subfamily: | †Rhamphorhynchinae |
Genus: | †Qinglongopterus Lü, et al., 2012 |
Species: | †Q. guoi
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Binomial name | |
†Qinglongopterus guoi Lü, et al., 2012
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Qinglongopterus is a genus of rhamphorhynchid pterosaur from the Middle/Upper Jurassic of , Qinglong County, Hebei Province, China. Qinglongopterus is known from only one specimen; D3080/3081, collected from the Tiaojishan Formation, a skeleton with a skull. It was first named by Lü Junchang et al. in 2012 and the type species is Qinglongopterus guoi.[1]
See also[]
- List of pterosaur genera
- Timeline of pterosaur research
References[]
- ^ Lü, J.; Unwin, D.M.; Zhao, B.; Gao, C. & Shen, C. (2012). "A new rhamphorhynchid (Pterosauria: Rhamphorhynchidae) from the Middle/Upper Jurassic of Qinglong, Hebei Province, China" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3158: 1–19. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3158.1.1.
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Categories:
- Late Jurassic pterosaurs of Asia
- Rhamphorhynchids
- Fossil taxa described in 2012
- Taxa named by Lü Junchang
- Paleontology in Hebei
- Pterosaur stubs