Lamagou, Dongdadao, Chaoyang (Cretaceous of China)

Also known as Sinopterus dongi holotype

Where: Liaoning, China (41.4° N, 120.0° E: paleocoordinates 44.6° N, 120.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Jiufotang Formation (Jehol Group), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression, soft parts

Reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: X. Wang and Z. Zhou. 2002. A new pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea, Tapejaridae) from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning, China and its implications for biostratigraphy. Chinese Science Bulletin 47(20):1521-1527 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 92898: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 04.12.2009

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Pterosauria - Tapejaridae
Sinopterus dongi n. gen. n. sp.
Sinopterus dongi n. gen. n. sp. Wang and Zhou 2002 pterosaur
IVPP V13363, nearly complete articulated skeleton