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QINGLONGOPTERUS
(kwing-long-op-teh-ris)
meaning: "Qinglong wing"
Named By: J. Lu, D. M. Unwin, B. Zhao, C. Gao and C. Shen in 2012
Time Period: Late Jurassic, 160 Ma
Location: China, Hebei province - Tiaojishan Formation
Size: Estimated 34 centimetre wingspan
Diet: Piscivore/Insectivore
Fossil(s): Almost complete articulated specimen, possibly of a juvenile
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Pterosauria | Rhamphorhynchidae | Rhamphorhynchinae |
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Qinglongopterus is a genus of rhamphorhynchine rhamphorhynchid pterosaur from the Middle/Upper Jurassic of Mutoudeng, Qinglong County, Hebei Province, China. Qinglongopterus is known from only one specimen collected from the Tiaojishan Formation, a skeleton with a skull. It was first named by Lu Junchang et al. in 2012 and the type species is Qinglongopterus guoi.

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