Orientognathus Lu et al. 2015 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Rhamphorhynchidae

Full reference: J. Lu, H. Pu, X. Wei, H. Chang, and M. Kundrat. 2015. A new rhamphorhynchid pterosaur (Pterosauria) from Jurassic deposits of Liaoning Province, China. Zootaxa 3911(1):119-129

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

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

Subtaxa: Orientognathus chaoyangensis

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Type: Orientognathus chaoyangensis

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Jucaigou (Cretaceous of China)

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