Longchengpterus

Longchengpterus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: †Pterosauria
Suborder: †Pterodactyloidea
Genus: †Longchengpterus
Wang et al., 2006
Species:
†L. zhaoi
Binomial name
†Longchengpterus zhaoi
Wang et al., 2006

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.

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