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DSUNGARIPTERUS
(sung-ah-rip-teh-rus (the d is silent and not prounced))
meaning: "Junggar basin wing"
Dsungaripterus
Named By: Young in 1964
Time Period: Early Cretaceous
Location: China - Junggar Basin
Size: Approximately 3 to 3.5 meter wingspan
Diet: unavailable
Fossil(s): Several specimens
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Pterosauria | Pterodactyloidea | Dsungaripteridae |
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Dsungaripterus was a genus of pterosaur, with an average wingspan of 3 metres (9.8 ft). It lived during the Early Cretaceous, in China, where the first fossil was found in the Junggar Basin.

Read more about Dsungaripterus at Wikipedia
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