AlbianAptianAsiaAzhdarchoideaBreviquartossaCaelidraconesDsungaripteridaeDsungaripteromorphaEarly CretaceousEupterodactyloideaLophocratiaMacronychopteraMonofenestrataNeoazhdarchiaNovialoideaOrnithocheiroideaPterodactyliformesPterodactyloideaPterodactylomorphaPterosauriaZambellisauria

Lonchognathosaurus acutirostris

Pterosaur: Lonchognathosaurus acutirostris

Meters Feet
Wingspan*: 2.50 m 8.2 ft
*The largest known specimen

ESR: 2.5 / 4 (estimated size reliability)

Period

Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Aptian - Albian

Details

Status: valid
Autor: Maisch, Matzke & Sun
Year: 2004
Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Xinjiang
Formation: Lianmuqin

Classification

Pterosauria
Zambellisauria
Macronychoptera
Novialoidea
Breviquartossa
Pterodactylomorpha
Monofenestrata
Pterodactyliformes
Caelidracones
Pterodactyloidea
Lophocratia
Eupterodactyloidea
Ornithocheiroidea
Azhdarchoidea
Neoazhdarchia
Dsungaripteromorpha
Dsungaripteridae


Other

Material: Incomplete skull and partial skeleton.
References: Augustin FJ, Matzke AT, Maisch MW, Pfretzschner HU (2021). "New information on Lonchognathosaurus (Pterosauria: Dsungaripteridae) from the Lower Cretaceous of the southern Junggar Basin (NW China)".

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