Wukongopterus lii
By Joschua Knüppe, retrieved from http://www.pteros.com/, a website dedicated to education about Pterosaurs.
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Name: Wukongopterus lii
Name Meaning: Wukong Wing
First Described: 2009
Described By: Wang et al.
Classification: Avemetatarsalia, Ornithodira, Pterosauromorpha, Pterosauria, Macronychoptera, Novialoidea, Breviquartossa, Pterodactylomorpha, Monofenestrata, Darwinoptera, Wukongopteridae
Wukongopterus is our last Wukongopterid (until we get the funding we need to support extra entries) and the one that gave its name to the group. It is from the Daohugou Beds of Liaoning, China, living about 164 million years ago, in the Callovian age of the Middle Jurassic. It is known from a nearly complete, but compressed, skeleton, which lacks the back and middle of the skull.
By Nobu Tamura, CC BY 3.0
It was a small pterosaur, with a 73 centimeter wingspan, and may have been an insect eater. It had a long pair of jaws and short teeth, as well as a long tail. It probably had a crest on its head and a very small body, though of course, that is mostly extrapolated from its relatives.
Sources:
http://www.pteros.com/pterosaurs/wukongopterus.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wukongopterus
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