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Zhenyuanopterus longirostris

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Taxonomy
Zhenyuanopterus longirostris was named by Lü (2010). Its type specimen is GLGMV 0001, a skeleton (Complete skeleton), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Huangbanjigou, Shangyuan, Beipiao (GLGVM collection), which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine shale/mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Zhenyuanopterus longirostris Lü p. 241 figs. 2, pl. 1
2014Zhenyuanopterus longirostris Andres et al.
2014Zhenyuanopterus longirostris Jiang et al. p. 824
2014Zhenyuanopterus longirostris Teng et al.

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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
superfamilyArchaeopterodactyloideaKellner 1996
—BoreopteridaeLü et al. 2006
genusZhenyuanopterus
specieslongirostris

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S.-X. Jiang et al. 2014Large-sized boreopterids with the following character combination: a large number of teeth (i.e., 172); the tooth rows extend beyond the middle of the nasoantorbital fenestra; an elongated nasal process that nearly reaches the ventral margin of the nasoantorbital fenestra; the length of the dorsal and sacral vertebrae nearly half of the skull length; the length ratio of the humerus to metacarpal IV is ~91 percent; and the third wing phalanx, humerus, and femur are equal in length (modified from Lu ̈, 2010).
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 Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 130.00000 to 122.46000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46China (Liaoning) Zhenyuanopterus longirostris (type locality: 94819)