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Moganopterus zhuiana

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Taxonomy
Moganopterus zhuiana was named by Lü et al. (2012). Its type specimen is Henan Geological Museum 41HIII0419, a partial skeleton (complete skull with lower jaws and anterior three cervical vertebrae), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Xiaosanjiazi Village, Lamadong, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine horizon in the Yixian Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Moganopterus zhuiana Lü et al. p. 287 figs. 1-2
2014Moganopterus zhuiana Andres 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
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
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
subfamilyMoganopterinae
genusMoganopterus
specieszhuiana

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.

†Moganopterus zhuiana Lü et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. -C. Lü et al. 2012Large sized pterosaur bearing the following characters: both the upper and lower jaws much elongated with straight ventral margins, at least 62 long, slender, curved upper and lower jaw teeth with sharp tips; rectangular nasoantorbital fenestra occupies 22% of the upper jaw length; the long, narrow blade-like parietal crest extends posterodorsally, forming an angle of 15 degrees with the ventral margin of the skull, the ratio of length to width of cervical vertebra greater than 5:1,a nd the ratio of skull length (excluding the parietal crest) to height about 11.5:1
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: Padian 1985, Hendy et al. 2009, 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) Moganopterus zhuiana (type locality: 127186)