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Kunpengopterus sinensis
Taxonomy
Kunpengopterus sinensis was named by Wang et al. (2010). Its type specimen is IVPP V16047, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Daxishan, Linglongta, which is in a Bathonian/Kimmeridgian lacustrine sandstone/mudstone in the Tiaojishan Formation of China. It is the type species of Kunpengopterus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2010 | Kunpengopterus sinensis Wang et al. p. 1054 figs. 6-8 |
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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.
†Kunpengopterus sinensis Wang et al. 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Padian 1985, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 167.70000 to 150.80000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | China (Liaoning) | Kunpengopterus sinensis (type locality: 92421) |