Huanhepterus

Taxobox
name = "Huanhepterus"
fossil_range = Late Jurassic
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Pterosauria
subordo = Pterodactyloidea
superfamilia = Ctenchasmatoidea
familia = Ctenchasmatidae
subfamilia = Gnathosaurinae
genus = "Huanhepterus"
genus_authority = Dong, 1982
binomial = "Huanhepterus quingyangensis"
binomial_authority = Dong, 1982

"Huanhepterus" (meaning "Huanhe River wing") is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic-age Huachihuanhe Formation of Qingyang, Gansu, China. It is based on IVPP V9070, a partial articulated skeleton consisting mostly of impressions of the left half of the body and the beak-end of the skull. This animal had a long, low skull, with a crest running along the midline that was higher toward the tip of the snout and became smaller toward the eyes. The teeth were slender and numerous, and became shorter farther from the tip. The cervical vertebrae were long, as were the toes, and there was no fused complex of back vertebrae (notarium), as seen in other pterosaurs. The wingspan of the type individual was estimated at 2.5 m (8.2 ft). This genus was described as most like "Gnathosaurus".Dong, Z.-M. (1982). On a new Pterosauria ("Huanhepterus quingyangensis" gen.et. sp.nov.) from Ordos, China. "Vertebrata Palasiatica" 20(2):115-121.] Like "Gnathosaurus", it may have used its tightly-packed, slender teeth to filter food from water.cite book |last=Wellnhofer |first=Peter |authorlink=Peter Wellnhofer |title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Pterosaurs |origyear=1991 |year=1996 |publisher=Barnes and Noble Books |location=New York |isbn=0-7607-0154-7 |pages=104-105 ]

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External links

* [http://www.pterosaur.co.uk/species/UJP/cteno/Huan-quingy.htm "Huanhepterus"] in The Pterosaur Database
* [http://archosauria.org/pterosauria/taxonomy/genera/huanhepterus.html "Huanhepterus"] in The Pterosauria