Genus
Valid Extinct

Feilongus

Wang et al. 2005

Feilongus is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Barremian–Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Beipiao, Liaoning, China.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Feilongus
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1=Feilongus youngi holotype at the IVPP © BleachedRice · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
Feilongus
Feilongus
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Lophocratia Unranked clade
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Feilongus Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
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🇨🇳 China
2
Geological formations
Yixian
1
Jiufotang
1
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Feilongus youngi 126 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
X. Wang, A. W. A. Kellner, and Z. Zhou, D. d. A. Campos. 2005. Pterosaur diversity and faunal turnover in Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems in China. Nature 437:875-879 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
X. Wang, C. Shen, and C. Gao, K. Jin. 2014. New material of Feilongus (Reptilia: Pterosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Western Liaoning. Acta Geological Sinica 88(1):13-17 DOI ↗
X. Wang, A. W. A. Kellner, and Z. Zhou, D. d. A. Campos. 2005. Pterosaur diversity and faunal turnover in Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems in China. Nature 437:875-879 DOI ↗