Vesperopterylus

Name: Vesperopterylus ‭(‬Dusk wing‭)‬.
Phonetic: Ves-per-op-teh-ry-lus.
Named By: J.‭ ‬Lü,‭ ‬Q.‭ ‬Meng,‭ ‬B.‭ ‬Wang,‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Liu,‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Shen‭ & ‬Y.Zhang‭ ‬-‭ ‬2017.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Pterosauria,‭ ‬Anurognathidae.
Species: V.‭ ‬lamadongensis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Insectivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: China.
Time period: Early Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains

       Vesperopterylus is a genus of anurognathid pterosaur that lived in China during the early Cretaceous.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Short note on a new anurognathid pterosaur with evidence of perching behaviour from Jianchang of Liaoning Province,‭ ‬China.‭ ‬-‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Lü,‭ ‬Q.‭ ‬Meng,‭ ‬B.‭ ‬Wang,‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Liu,‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Shen‭ & ‬Y.Zhang‭ ‬-‭ ‬2017.



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