An unusual long-tailed pterosaur with elongated neck from western Liaoning of China

An unusual long-tailed pterosaur with elongated neck from western Liaoning of China

A new long-tailed pterosaur, Wukongopterus lii gen. et sp. nov, is described based on an almost complete skeleton (IVPP V15113) representing an individual with an estimated wing span of 730 mm. The specimen was discovered in strata that possibly represent the Daohugou Bed (or Daohugou Formation) at...

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Main Authors: Xiaolin Wang, Alexander W.A. Kellner, Shunxing Jiang, Xi Meng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2009-12-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Subjects:
Pterosauria
Wukongopterus
?Jurássico Superior-Cretáceo Inferior
Liaoning
China
?Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous
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