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New Jurassic pterosaur from (where else) China

Adam Khor · 2019-08-07 00:12:12

It's name is Jianchagnathus robustus and was part of the scaphognathid family. The specimen is about 116 cms (wingspan) but probably could grow quite a bit larger since it was not yet fully grown. Check out the teeth! Oh and in case you didn´t find out, there was recently another Jurassic pterosaur from China,…

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07-08-2019 1:12am

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Adam Khor

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It's name is Jianchagnathus robustus and was part of the scaphognathid family. The specimen is about 116 cms (wingspan) but probably could grow quite a bit larger since it was not yet fully grown. Check out the teeth!

Oh and in case you didn´t find out, there was recently another Jurassic pterosaur from China, Qinglongopterus, which was a small guy; only 33.4 cms (wingspan). It too was a rhamphorhynchid.
BTW, I resized the images but it seemingly didn´t work, sorry about that :S

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