Dendrorhynchoides

Dendrorhynchoides
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, 164–159 Ma
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Holotype of D. curvidentatus, Geological Museum of China
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Pterosauria
Family: †Anurognathidae
Genus: †Dendrorhynchoides
Ji, Ji & Padian, 1999
Species:
†D. curvidentatus
Binomial name
†Dendrorhynchoides curvidentatus
(Ji & Ji, 1998)
Synonyms

Dendrorhynchoides was a genus of anurognathid pterosaur containing only the holotype species D. curvidentatus that is known from the Middle Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation of Qinglong, northern Hebei Province, China.

The genus was first named Dendrorhynchus in 1998 by Ji Shu'an and Ji Qiang,[1] but that name proved to be preoccupied by a parasitic protozoan named in 1920 by David Keilin. It was therefore renamed in 1999.[2] The type species is Dendrorhynchoides curvidentatus. The genus name is derived from Greek dendron, "tree" and rhynkhos, "snout" in reference to it being assumed a tree-dweller and presumed a close relative of Rhamphorhynchus. The specific name means "curved-toothed" in Latin. A second species, D. mutoudengensis, was described in 2012, and moved to a new genus Luopterus in 2020.[3][4]

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  2. ^ Ji, S.-A.; Ji, Q.; Padian, K. (1999). "Biostratigraphy of new pterosaurs from China". Nature. 398 (6728): 573–574. Bibcode:1999Natur.398..573J. doi:10.1038/19221. S2CID 4316586.
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  4. ^ Hone, D.W.E. (2020). "A review of the taxonomy and palaeoecology of the Anurognathidae (Reptilia, Pterosauria)". Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 94 (5): 1676–1692. doi:10.1111/1755-6724.14585. S2CID 225169094.