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JIANCHANGNATHUS
(je-an-chan-na-fus)
meaning: "Jianchang jaw"
Named By: Cheng Xin, Wang Xiaolin, Jiang Shunxing & Alexander W.A. Kellner in 2012
Time Period: Middle Jurassic, 160 Ma
Location: China, Hebei province - Tiaojishan Formation
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Piscivore
Fossil(s): Single partial specimen
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Pterosauria | Rhamphorhynchidae | Scaphognathinae |
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Jianchangnathus is an extinct genus of basal pterosaur from the Middle Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation of northeastern China.

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