Darwinopterus
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darwinopterus-167-4786135
title:
Darwinopterus
text:
Darwinopterus is a genus of pterosaur, discovered in China and named after biologist Charles Darwin. Between 30 and 40 fossil specimens have been identified, all collected from the Tiaojishan Formation, which dates to the middle Jurassic period, 160.89–160.25 Ma ago. The type species, D. modularis, was described in February 2010. D. modularis was the first known pterosaur to display features of both long-tailed (rhamphorhynchoid) and short-tailed (pterodactyloid) pterosaurs, and was described as
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encyclopedia
description:
Genus of wukongopterid pterosaur from the Middle Jurassic
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwinopterus
date created:
2009-10-14T07:23:06Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T06:19:08Z
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