A New Non-Pterodactyloid Pterosaur from Qinglong County, Hebei Province of China
A New Non-Pterodactyloid Pterosaur from Qinglong County, Hebei Province of China
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河北省青龙县一新非翼手龙
DOI:
10.1111/j.1755-6724.2009.00062.x
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发表时间:
2009-01-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Lue Junchang
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作者:
Lue Junchang
A new basal non-pterodactyloid pterosaur, Changchengopterus pani gen. et sp. nov., is erected, on the basis of a nearly complete postcranial skeleton. The new taxon is distinguished by relatively short extensions of the prezygapophyses, postzygapophyses and haemal arches of the caudal vertebrae; a humerus that has a subtriangular deltopectoral crest; limb elements that decrease in length in the following order: ulna > wing-phalange 2 > wing-phalange 3 = wing-phalange 1 > humerus > tibia > femur > wing-metacarpal. Phylogenetic analysis suggests that Changchengopterus is a basal member of rhamphorhynchoids, and more closely related to Dorygnathus than to other rhamphorhychoids. The geological age of the Changchengopterus-bearing sediments is no latter than the end of the Late Jurassic and it is possible Middle Jurassic.