Dendrorhynchoides
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| Dendrorhynchoides Fossil range: Late Jurassic or Early Cretaceous |
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| Dendrorhynchoides curvidentatus Ji S., Ji Q., and Padian, 1999 |
Dendrorhynchoides was a genus of anurognathid pterosaur from the Tithonian-age Upper Jurassic (or Hauterivian-age Lower Cretaceous) Chaomidianzi Formation, near Beipiao, Chaoyang, Liaoning, China. Originally discovered in 1995 and classified as a long-tailed rhamphorhynchid,[1] it was later identified as an anurognathid, and it was confirmed that the fossil had been doctored prior to its description.[2] It was first named Dendrorhynchus,[1] but that name proved to be preoccupied.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Ji S.-A., and Ji Q. (1998). A new fossil pterosaur (Rhamphorhynchoidea) from Liaoning. Jiangsu Geology 22(4):199-206.
- ^ Unwin, D.M., Lü, J., and Bakhurina, N.N. (2000). On the systematic and stratigraphic significance of pterosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation (Jehol Group) of Liaoning, China. Mitt. Mus. Naturk. Berlin Geowiss. Reihe 3:181–206.
- ^ Ji, S.-A., Ji, Q., and Padian, K. (1999). Biostratigraphy of new pterosaurs from China. Nature 398:573–574.
[edit] External links
- Dendrorhynchoides in The Pterosaur Database
- Dendrorhynchoides in The Pterosauria
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