Genus of anurognathid pterosaur from the Middle Jurassic
Dendrorhynchoides
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, 164–159 Ma
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Holotype of D. curvidentatus, Geological Museum of China
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Order:
†Pterosauria
Family:
†Anurognathidae
Genus:
†Dendrorhynchoides Ji, Ji & Padian, 1999
Species:
†D. curvidentatus
Binomial name
†Dendrorhynchoides curvidentatus
(Ji & Ji, 1998)
Synonyms
Dendrorhynchus curvidentatus Ji & Ji, 1998
Dendrorhynchoides was a genus of anurognathid pterosaur containing only the holotype species D. curvidentatus that is known from the Middle Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation of Qinglong, northern Hebei Province, China.
The genus was first named Dendrorhynchus in 1998 by Ji Shu'an and Ji Qiang,[1] but that name proved to be preoccupied by a parasitic protozoan named in 1920 by David Keilin. It was therefore renamed in 1999.[2] The type species is Dendrorhynchoides curvidentatus. The genus name is derived from Greek dendron, "tree" and rhynkhos, "snout" in reference to it being assumed a tree-dweller and presumed a close relative of Rhamphorhynchus. The specific name means "curved-toothed" in Latin. A second species, D. mutoudengensis, was described in 2012, and moved to a new genus Luopterus in 2020.[3][4]
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^Ji, S.-A.; Ji, Q.; Padian, K. (1999). "Biostratigraphy of new pterosaurs from China". Nature. 398 (6728): 573–574. Bibcode:1999Natur.398..573J. doi:10.1038/19221. S2CID 4316586.
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^Hone, D.W.E. (2020). "A review of the taxonomy and palaeoecology of the Anurognathidae (Reptilia, Pterosauria)". Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 94 (5): 1676–1692. doi:10.1111/1755-6724.14585. S2CID 225169094.
tree-dwelling lifestyle for Dendrorhynchoides as an insectivore. With very large eye sockets and a rounded head, Dendrorhynchoides would have had great eyesight...
clade Batrachognathinae, which contains the species Batrachognathus, Dendrorhynchoides and Jeholopterus. In 2021, a phylogenetic analysis conducted by Xuefang...
Germany; Jeholopterus, from the Middle to Late Jurassic of China; Dendrorhynchoides, from the Middle Jurassic of China; Batrachognathus, from the Late...
proposed Batrachognathinae for the clade comprising these two genera and Dendrorhynchoides. In 2021, a phylogenetic analysis conducted by Xuefang Wei and colleagues...
northern Hebei Province, China. It was originally named as a species of Dendrorhynchoides in 2012 but it was moved to the genus Luopterus in 2020. Luopterus...
tail, in contrast with its tailless (Jeholopterus) and long-tailed (Dendrorhynchoides) relatives. It was first described and named by Lü Junchang et al...
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