Orientognathus

Name: Orientognathus ‭(‬oriental jaw‭)‬.
Phonetic: Or-e-ent-o-gnay-fuss
Named By: J.‭ ‬Lu,‭ ‬H.‭ ‬Pu,‭ ‬X.‭ ‬Wei,‭ ‬H.‭ ‬Chang‭ & ‬M.‭ ‬Kundrat‭ ‬-‭ ‬2015.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Pterosauria,‭ ‬Rhamphorhynchidae.
Species: O.‭ ‬chaoyangensis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Piscivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: China‭ ‬-‭ ‬Tuchengzi Formation.
Time period: Mid Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Skull and partial skeleton.

       Orientognathus is a genus of pterosaur that lived in China during the mid Jurassic.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A new rhamphorhynchid pterosaur‭ (‬Pterosauria‭) ‬from Jurassic deposits of Liaoning Province,‭ ‬China.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Zootaxa‭ ‬3911‭(‬1‭)‬:119-129.‭ ‬-‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Lu,‭ ‬H.‭ ‬Pu,‭ ‬X.‭ ‬Wei,‭ ‬H.‭ ‬Chang‭ & ‬M.‭ ‬Kundrat‭ ‬-‭ ‬2015.

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