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Longchengpterus zhaoi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Longchengpterus zhaoi was named by Wang et al. (2006). Its type specimen is LPM 00023, a partial skeleton (Partial skeleton with incomplete skull), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Yuanjiawa, Dapingfang, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large mudstone/marl in the Jiufotang Formation of China.

It was synonymized subjectively with Nurhachius ignaciobritoi by Lü et al. (2008) and Zhou et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Longchengpterus zhaoi Wang et al. p. 738 fig. 1
2014Longchengpterus zhaoi 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
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
Pterosauria(Kaup 1834)
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
Pteranodontia()
superfamilyOrnithocheiroideaSeeley 1870
genusLongchengpterus
specieszhaoi

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.

Longchengpterus zhaoi Wang et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available