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HUANHEPTERUS
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Genus: Huanhepterus Dong, 1982
Etymology: "Huanhe River (黃河) wing"
Type species: H. quingyangensis
Other Species: none
Diagnosis: See type species.
Classification: ?Gnathosauridae
Holotype: IVPP V9070 — An impression of a damaged incomplete skeleton with only the antorbital portion of the skull preserved. (Dong, 1982)
Referred Specimens: none
Time: Late Jurassic
Horizon: Huachihuanhe Formation, Zhidan Group
Location: Sanshilipu, Qingcheng County, Qingyang, Gansu Province, China
Skull length: ?50 cm
Total length: ?175 cm
Wingspan: 250 cm
Mass: ?
Diagnosis: A relatively large pterosaur with an approximately two-meter wingspan. The skull is low and long with a median crest, the anterior end of which is high and thickened and posteriorly gradually descends to become thin, and at the frontal disappears completely. Maxillae and mandible contain a densely packed battery of long, nearly uniform teeth that resemble those of Gnathosaurus in morphology. The cervical series is long with slender and elongated centra that are simple in morphology. Dorsal vertebrae are rather independent, thoracic vertebrae are larger than the sacrals, and a notarium is absent. There are seven tightly fused sacrals and the tail is short with reduced caudals. The sternum is flat and lacks a carina and there are four long pes digits. (Dong, 1982)
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References:
Dong Z-m; 1982, On a new Pterosaur (Huanhepterus quingyangensis gen.et.,sp.nov.) from Ordos, China, Vertebrata Palasiatica, 20(2):115-121 Beijing