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Sinopterus dongi
was a species of
pterosaur
that lived in the
Early Cretaceous
, about 120 million years ago. Like all the other members of the family
Tapejaridae
,
Sinopterus
is known for its large
skull
, which has a prominent crest and a birdlike pointed
beak
, and its lack of
teeth
. It was also a member of the
Jehol Biota
, an Early Cretaceous
ecosystem
mainly found in
Liaoning
, China best known for its
feathered dinosaurs
that has a crucial impact on studying the relationship between
dinosaurs
and
birds
. This
S. dongi
fossil
specimen was collected in
Chaoyang
, in the western part of Liaoning. Part of the collection of the
Beijing Museum of Natural History
, the fossil was temporarily exhibited at the
National Museum of Natural Science
in
Taichung
, Taiwan.
Photograph credit:
Y.-C. Tsai
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