Kunpengopterus sinensis
By Joschua Knüppe, retrieved from http://www.pteros.com/, a website dedicated to education about Pterosaurs.
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Name: Kunpengopterus sinensis
Name Meaning: Whale Northern Lights Bird Wing
First Described: 2010
Described By: Wang et al.
Classification: Avemetatarsalia, Ornithodira, Pterosauromorpha, Pterosauria, Macronychoptera, Novialoidea, Breviquartossa, Pterodactylomorpha, Monofenestrata, Darwinoptera, Wukongopteridae
Kunpengopterus is a Wukongopterid from the Tiaojishan Formation or Daohugou Beds in Jianchang County Liaoning, China. It’s age is under some debate, but it may be about 154 million years old, from the Kimmeridgian age of the Late Jurassic. It is known from a compressed fossil, with an elongated head and an elongated neck, as well as a low bony crest, and a long stiff tail. In its body were preserved the remains of a regurgitated fish, indicating that it may have fed on fish in its environment.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunpengopterus
http://www.pteros.com/pterosaurs/kunpengopterus.html
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