Longchengpterus
Longchengpterus, sometimes misspelled as "Lonchengopterus", is a genus of istiodactylid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Barremian-Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Chaoyang, Liaoning, China. Its fossil remains dated back about 120 million years ago.
| Longchengpterus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
| Family: | †Istiodactylidae |
| Genus: | †Longchengpterus Wang, Li, Duan, and Cheng, 2006 |
| Species: | †L. zhaoi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Longchengpterus zhaoi Wang et al., 2006 | |
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