Kunpengopterus antipollicatus Zhou et al. 2021 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Wukongopteridae

Full reference: X. Zhou, R. V. Pegas, W. Ma, G. Han, X. Jin, M. E.C. Leal, N. Bonde, Y. Kobayashi, S. Lautenschlager, X. Wei, C. Shen and S. Ji. 2021. Current Biology. 31:1-8

Belongs to Kunpengopterus according to X. Zhou et al. 2021

Sister taxon: Kunpengopterus sinensis

Type specimen: Beipiao Pterosaur Museum of China (BPMC) 0042, 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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