Genus
Valid Extinct

Dendrorhynchoides

Ji et al. 1999
Etymology Museau en forme d'arbre

Dendrorhynchoides is a genus of anurognathid pterosaur. It contains only the holotype species, D. curvidentatus, which was likely recovered from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Jinzhou, Liaoning Province, China.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Ptérosaures
Insectivore Volant Marine
Dendrorhynchoides
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Holotype specimen (GMV2128) of Dendrorhynchoides curvidentatus on display at the Geological Museum of China. © Jonathan Chen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Macronychoptera Unranked clade
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Novialoidea Unranked clade
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Lonchognatha Unranked clade
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Monofenestrata Unranked clade
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Caelidracones Unranked clade
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Anurognathidae Family
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Dendrorhynchoides Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
2
Geological formations
Tiaojishan
1
Yixian
1
Temporal distribution
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
1
Oxfordian (161.5–154.8 Ma)
1
Species (2)
Dendrorhynchoides curvidentatus 126 Ma
Dendrorhynchoides mutoudengensis 168 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
S. -A. Ji, Q. Ji, and K. Padian. 1999. Biostratigraphy of two new pterosaurs from China. Nature 398:573-574 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
J. Lü and D. W. E. Hone. 2012. A new Chinese anurognathid pterosaur and the evolution of pterosaurian tail lengths. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 86(6):1317-1325 DOI ↗
S. -A. Ji, Q. Ji, and K. Padian. 1999. Biostratigraphy of two new pterosaurs from China. Nature 398:573-574 DOI ↗