Dendrorhynchoides mutoudengensis Lü and Hone 2012

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Anurognathidae

Alternative combination: Luopterus mutoudengensis

Full reference: 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

Belongs to Dendrorhynchoides according to J. Lü and D. W. E. Hone 2012

See also Hone 2020

Sister taxon: Dendrorhynchoides curvidentatus

Type specimen: JZMP-04-07-03; originally GLGMV 0002, a skeleton. Its type locality is Mutoudeng, which is in a Bathonian/Kimmeridgian lacustrine shale in the Tiaojishan Formation of China.

Distribution: found only at Mutoudeng

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