Qinglongopterus Lü et al. 2012 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Rhamphorhynchidae

Full reference: J. Lü, D. M. Unwin, B. Zhao, C. Gao, and C. Shen. 2012. A new rhamphorhynchid (Pterosauria: Rhamphorhynchidae) from the Middle/Upper Jurassic of Qinglong, Hebei Province, China. Zootaxa 3158:1-19

Parent taxon: Rhamphorhynchinae according to J. Lu et al. 2015

See also Andres et al. 2014 and Lü et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Angustinaripterini, Angustinaripterus, Cacibupteryx, Dorygnathus, Nesodactylus, Orientognathus, Pterorhynchus, Rhamphocephalus, Rhamphorhynchus, Sericipterus

Subtaxa: Qinglongopterus guoi

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Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Mutoudeng (Jurassic of China)

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