Dsungaripteridae
Dsungaripteridae is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea. They were robust pterosaurs with good terrestrial abilities and flight honed for inland settings, and were commonly interpreted as durophagous and possibly piscivorous pterosaurs. Fossils have been discovered from Early Cretaceous deposits in Asia, South America and possibly Europe.
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Dsungaripteridae is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea. They were robust pterosaurs with good terrestrial abilities and flight honed for inland settings, and were commonly interpreted as durophagous and possibly piscivorous pterosaurs. Fossils have been discovered from Early Cretaceous deposits in Asia, South America and possibly Europe.
==Classification== thumb|left|Life restoration of Dsungaripterus In 1964, Young created a family to place the genus Dsungaripterus, a Chinese taxon with potential remains also known from the Hasandong Formation of South Korea. Later on, Noripterus (then now with the name "Phobetor" which was already occupied, therefore the quotation marks) was also assigned to the family.