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 | |
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.