Pteraichnus dongyangensis Chen et al. 2013 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Pteraichnidae

Full reference: R.-j. Chen, J.-c. Lü, Y.-x. Zhu, Y. Azuma, W.-j. Zheng, X.-s. Jin, Y. Noda and M. Shibata. 2013. Pterosaur tracks from the early Late Cretaceous of Dongyang City, Zhejiang Province, China. Geological Bulletin of China 32(5):693-698

Belongs to Pteraichnus according to R.-j. Chen et al. 2013

See also Xing et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Pteraichnus cidacoi, Pteraichnus koreanensis, Pteraichnus longipodus, Pteraichnus manueli, Pteraichnus nipponensis, Pteraichnus palacieisaenzi, Pteraichnus parvus, Pteraichnus saltwashensis, Pteraichnus stokesi, Pteraichnus vetustior, Pteraichnus yanguoxiaensis

Type specimen: DYM-04666-1 to 4, a footprint. Its type locality is Fengchekou Mountain tracksite, which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial siltstone in the Jinhua Formation of China.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Fengchekou Mountain tracksite

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