Lonchognathosaurus

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Lonchognathosaurus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, Albian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Family: Dsungaripteridae
Genus: Lonchognathosaurus
Maisch, Matzke, and Sun, 2004
Species:
L. acutirostris
Binomial name
Lonchognathosaurus acutirostris
Maisch, Matzke, and Sun, 2004

Lonchognathosaurus is a

China
.

The genus was named in 2004 by Michael Maisch, Andreas Matzke and Sun Ge. The type species is Lonchognathosaurus acutirostris. The genus name is derived from Greek lonchos, "lance", gnathos, "jaw" and sauros, "lizard", in reference to the fact that it is a reptile with pointed jaws. The specific name means "needle snout" in Latin.

Lonchognathosaurus is based on

sagittal crest was present, with grooves and a concave
leading margin.

The genus was, after a

According to

junior synonym of Dsungaripterus weii.[2] David Hone on the other hand, argued in 2017 that the species could not be distinguished from Noripterus.[3] However, in 2021, postcranial elements referrable to Lonchognathosaurus, confirming the validity of the genus and providing new information on the anatomy of this pterosaur, were described from the Lower Cretaceous Lianmuqin Formation (China) by Augustin et al..[4]

Averianov et al., (2022) described a distal fragment of the wing metacarpal from the Lower Cretaceous Ilek Formation in West Siberia, Russia and identified it as "nearly identical to the wing metacarpal of Lonchognathosaurus acutirostris."[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Maisch, M.W., Matzke, A.T., and Ge Sun. (2004). A new dsungaripteroid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of the southern Junggar Basin, north-west China. Cretaceous Research 25:625-634.
  2. S2CID 53688256
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  3. ^ D.W.E. Hone, S. Jiang, and X. Xu, 2017, "A taxonomic revision of Noripterus complicidens and Asian members of the Dsungaripteridae", Geological Society SP455. New Perspectives on Pterosaur Palaeobiology doi:10.1144/SP455.8
  4. S2CID 233790566
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  5. . Retrieved 13 April 2022.

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