Orientognathus chaoyangensis 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

Belongs to Orientognathus according to J. Lu et al. 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: 41HIII-0418, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Jucaigou, which is in a Berriasian terrestrial shale in the Tuchengzi Formation of China.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Jucaigou

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