Darwinopterus linglongtaensis Wang et al. 2010 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Full reference: X. Wang, A. W. A. Kellner, S. Jiang, X. Cheng, X. Meng and T. Rodrigues. 2010. New long-tailed pterosaurs (Wukongopteridae) from western Liaoning, China. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 82(4):1045-1062

Belongs to Darwinopterus according to X. Wang et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Darwinopterus modularis, Darwinopterus robustodens

Type specimen: IVPP V16049, a skeleton. Its type locality is Daxishan, Linglongta, which is in a Bathonian/Kimmeridgian lacustrine sandstone/mudstone in the Tiaojishan Formation of China.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Daxishan, Linglongta

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