Name
Luchibang (L�'s heron wing).
Phonetic
Lu--chi-bang.
Named By
David W. E. Hone, Adam J. Fitch, Feimin Ma & Xing Xu - 2020.
Classification
Chordata, Reptilia, Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea, Istiodactylidae.
Diet
Piscivore.
Species
L. xinzhe
Size
Holotype wingspan estimated at 2 meters, but this is of a juvenile. adult size uncertain.
Known locations
China - Yixian Formation?
Time Period
Aptian? of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation
Partial skull and almost complete skeleton of a juvenile.
Luchibang is a genus of pterosaur that lived in Asia during the early Cretaceous.
- An unusual new genus of istiodactylid pterosaur from China based on a near complete specimen. - Palaeontologia Electronica. 23 (1): Article number 23(1):a09. - David W. E. Hone, Adam J. Fitch, Feimin Ma & Xing Xu - 2020.
