Forfexopterus
Name:
Forfexopterus
(scissor wings).
Phonetic: For-feks-op-teh-rus.
Named By: S. Jiang, X. Cheng, Y. Ma
& X. Wang - 2016.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea, Archaeopterodactyloidea.
Species: F. jeholensis
(type).
Diet: Piscivore?
Size: Skull about 51 centimetres long.
Known locations: China - Jiufotang Formation.
Time period: Aptian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Skull and partial post
cranial skeleton.
Forfexopterus is a genus of pterosaur that lived in China during the early Cretaceous.
Further reading
- A new archaeopterodactyloid pterosaur from the Jiufotang Formation
of western Liaoning, China, with a comparison of sterna in
Pterodactylomorpha. - Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology. -
S. Jiang, X. Cheng, Y. Ma & X. Wang - 2016.
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