Nemicolopterus
Nemicolopterus | |
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Holotype specimen
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
Clade: | †Tapejaromorpha |
Genus: | †Nemicolopterus Wang et al., 2008 |
Type species | |
†Nemicolopterus crypticus Wang et al., 2008
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Nemicolopterus is a dubious
Discovery and naming
The generic name "Nemicolopterus" comes from the following Ancient Greek words: "Nemos" meaning "forest", "ikolos" meaning "dweller", and "pteron" meaning "wing". The specific name crypticus is from "kryptos", meaning "hidden". Thus "Nemicolopterus crypticus" means "Hidden flying forest dweller".
Description
The type fossil specimen of N. crypticus, catalog number IVPP V-14377, is housed in the collection of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing, China. The fossil was collected from the
Classification
An analysis of pterosaur relationships by Andres and colleagues in 2014 found the specimen in a sister group relationship with "Sinopterus" gui.[4]
A 2023 revision of Sinopterus concluded that it was impossible to assign the Nemicolopterus specimen to either Sinopterus or the new genus Huaxiadraco, and it was therefore considered an indeterminate sinopterine.[5]
See also
References
- PMID 18268340.
- ^ "Tiny pterosaurs and pac-man frogs from hell". ScienceBlogs. 19 March 2008.[unreliable source?]
- PMID 34294737.
- S2CID 18293296.
- PMID 36788812.