Daohugoupterus

Name: Daohugoupterus.
Phonetic: Dow-hu-gup-teh-rus.
Named By: Xin Cheng,‭ ‬Wang Xiaolin,‭ ‬Jiang Shunxing‭ & ‬Alexander W. A. Kellner‭ ‬-‭ ‬2015.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Pterosauria,‭ ‬Anurognathidae.
Species: D.‭ ‬delicatus‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Insectivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Mongolia‭ ‬-‭ ‬Tiaojishan Formation.
Time period: Mid/Late Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial skull and partial anterior portion of the post cranial skeleton.

       Daohugoupterus is a genus of small pterosaur that is so far known from Inner Mongolia.‭ ‬Daohugoupterus is thought to be related to genera such as Anurognathus,‭ ‬Dendrorhynchoides and Jeholopterus.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Short note on a non-pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Upper Jurassic deposits of Inner Mongolia,‭ ‬China‭ '‬Historical Biology.‭ ‬An International Journal of Paleobiology.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Xin Cheng,‭ ‬Wang Xiaolin,‭ ‬Jiang Shunxing‭ & ‬Alexander WA Kellner‭ ‬-‭ ‬2015.

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