Longchengpterus zhaoi Wang et al. 2006 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Full reference: L. Wang, L. Li, Y. Duan and S.-L. Cheng. 2006. A new iodactylid pterosaur from western Liaoning. Geological Bulletin of China 25(6):737-740

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

See also Lü et al. 2008, Wang et al. 2006 and Zhou et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: LPM 00023, a partial skeleton (Partial skeleton with incomplete skull). Its type locality is Yuanjiawa, Dapingfang, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large mudstone/marl in the Jiufotang Formation of China.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Yuanjiawa, Dapingfang

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