Lingyuanopterus
Sign in to saveLingyuanopterus () is a genus of istiodactylid pterosaur from the Aptian age Jiufotang Formation in western Liaoning, China. The type and only species is L. camposi, known from the holotype specimen IVPP V 17940 a near complete skull, mandible and atlas-axis complex.
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- Parent taxon
- Istiodactylidae
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- Lingyuanopterus Head Recon.png
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- time period
- Early Cretaceous
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- Lingyuanopterus
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- genus
- location of discovery
- Jiufotang Formation
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Lingyuanopterus () is a genus of istiodactylid pterosaur from the Aptian age Jiufotang Formation in western Liaoning, China. The type and only species is L. camposi, known from the holotype specimen IVPP V 17940 a near complete skull, mandible and atlas-axis complex.
== Etymology == Lingyuanopterus was named and described in 2022 by Xu et al., (2022). The type species is L. camposi. The generic name is derived from the locality in which the holotype specimen was found 'Lingyuan' and the Latinized Greek noun 'pterus', meaning 'wing'. The specific name 'camposi' honours Brazilian vertebrate paleontologist Diogenes de Almeida Campos for his contribution to China-Brazil pterosaur collaborative research.
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