Hongshanopterus

Taxobox
name = "Hongshanopterus"


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fossil_range = Early Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Pterosauria
subordo = Pterodactyloidea
superfamilia = Ornithocheiroidea
familia = Istiodactylidae
genus = "Hongshanopterus"
genus_authority = Wang X. "et al.", 2008
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "H. lacustris" Wang X. "et al.", 2008 (type)

"Hongshanopterus" is a genus of istiodactylid ornithocheiroid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Liaoning, China. It is based on IVPP V14582, a skull and neck vertebrae of a single individual. The teeth had triangular crowns and were flattened from mouth side to "lip" side, like those of other istiodactylids. "Hongshanopterus" was less derived than other istiodactylids, however, by having a tooth row that extended beyond the first third of the skull, and by having some teeth that were directed backwards. The type species is "H. lacustris".cite journal |author=Xiaolin Wang |coauthors=Diogenes de Almeida Campos; Zhonghe Zhou; and Alexander W.A. Kellner |year=2008 |title=A primitive istiodactylid pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea) from the Jiufotang Formation (Early Cretaceous), northeast China |journal=Zootaxa |volume=1813 |pages=1-18 |doi=]

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