Genus
Valid Extinct

Longchengpterus

Wang et al. 2006

Longchengpterus, sometimes misspelled as "Lonchengopterus", is a genus of istiodactylid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Barremian-Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Chaoyang, Liaoning, China. Its fossil remains dated back about 120 million years ago.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Longchengpterus
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Paleoarte de pterossauro encontrado na China em 2006, pertecente ao grupos do Istiodactylus em estágio de pouso. Corpo com picnofibras é evidenciado no fóssil holótipo. © DarkWerewolf · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Pteranodontia Unranked clade
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Ornithocheiroidea Superfamily
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Longchengpterus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
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🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Jiufotang
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Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Longchengpterus zhaoi 121 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
L. Wang, L. Li, and Y. Duan, S.-L. Cheng. 2006. A new iodactylid pterosaur from western Liaoning. Geological Bulletin of China 25(6):737-740
Bibliography (1)
L. Wang, L. Li, and Y. Duan, S.-L. Cheng. 2006. A new iodactylid pterosaur from western Liaoning. Geological Bulletin of China 25(6):737-740