Angustinaripterus
Sign in to saveAngustinaripterus was a basal pterosaur, belonging to the breviquartossan family Rhamphorhynchidae (more specifically within the subfamily Rhamphorhynchinae) and discovered at Dashanpu near Zigong in the Sichuan province of China.
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It sits within the topics Fossil taxa described in 1983, Middle Jurassic pterosaurs of Asia and Pterosaur genera.
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Angustinaripterus was a basal pterosaur, belonging to the breviquartossan family Rhamphorhynchidae (more specifically within the subfamily Rhamphorhynchinae) and discovered at Dashanpu near Zigong in the Sichuan province of China.
==Discovery and etymology== Angustinaripterus was named in 1983 by He Xinlu, Yang Daihuan, and Su Chunkang. The type species is Angustinaripterus longicephalus. The genus name is derived from Latin angustus, "narrow" and naris, "nostril", combined with Latinized Greek pteron, "wing". The specific name is derived from Latin longus, "long", and Greek kephale, "head".
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