Feilongus youngi Wang et al. 2005 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Full reference: X. Wang, A. W. A. Kellner, Z. Zhou and D. A. Campos. 2005. Pterosaur diversity and faunal turnover in Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems in China. Nature 437:875-879

Belongs to Feilongus according to B. Andres et al. 2014

See also Wang et al. 2005, Wang et al. 2014, Wang and Zhou 2006 and Zhou and Wang 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V12539, a skull (complete skull with mandibles). Its type locality is Heitizigou, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine shale in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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