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Lonchognathosaurus acutirostris

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Dsungaripteridae

Taxonomy
Lonchognathosaurus acutirostris was named by Maisch et al. (2004). Its type specimen is SGP 2001/19, a partial skull (Anterior portion of skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Liuhonggou, 40 km south-west of Urumqi, which is in a Valanginian/Albian lacustrine mudstone/siltstone in the Lianmuqin Formation of China.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dsungaripterus weii by Andres et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Lonchognathosaurus acutirostris Maisch et al. p. 626 figs. 1-2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
orderPterosauriaKaup 1834
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
superfamilyAzhdarchoideaUnwin 1992
familyDsungaripteridae
genusLonchognathosaurus
speciesacutirostris

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Lonchognathosaurus acutirostris Maisch et al. 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: piscivoreo
Created: 2009-01-04 11:38:30
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:23
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Padian 1985, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Albian or 139.80000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Valanginian - Albian139.8 - 100.5China (Xinjiang) Lonchognathosaurus acutirostris (type locality: 89993)