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Moganopterinae
Taxonomy
Moganopterinae was named by Lü et al. (2012). Its type is Moganopterus.
It was assigned to Boreopteridae by Lü et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Boreopteridae by Lü et al. (2012).
Subtaxa
Moganopterus (type genus)
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2012 | Moganopterinae Lü et al. p. 292 |
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Subfm. †Moganopterinae Lü et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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J. -C. Lü et al. 2012 | Long, curved teeth confined far anterior to the nasoantorbital fenestra, the posterior teeth are slightly shorter than the anterior teeth; cervical vertebrae elongated with short neural spine, the ratio of length to width of cervical vertebrae greater than 5; two sagittal cranial crests (Feilongus), and one very developed parietal crest which extends posteriorly beyong the skull (Moganopterus). |