Lingyuanopterus Temporal range:
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Holotype of Lingyuanopterus (IVPP V 17940) with a peipiaosteid fish above | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
Family: | †Istiodactylidae |
Genus: | †Lingyuanopterus Xu et al., 2022 |
Type species | |
†Lingyuanopterus camposi Xu et al., 2022
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Lingyuanopterus (lit. 'Lingyuan wing') is a genus of istiodactylid pterosaur from the Aptian age Jiufotang Formation in western Liaoning, China. The type and only species is L. camposi, known from the holotype specimen IVPP V 17940 a near complete skull, mandible and atlas-axis complex.[1]