Qinglongopterus Temporal range: Late Jurassic, 160 Ma |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Family: | †Rhamphorhynchidae |
Subfamily: | †Rhamphorhynchinae |
Genus: |
†Qinglongopterus Lü, et al., 2012 |
Species: | †Q. guoi |
Binomial name | |
Qinglongopterus guoi Lü, et al., 2012 |
Qinglongopterus is a genus of rhamphorhynchine rhamphorhynchid pterosaur from the Middle/Upper Jurassic of Mutoudeng, Qinglong County, Hebei Province, China. Qinglongopterus is known from only one specimen collected from the Tiaojishan Formation, a skeleton with a skull. It was first named by Lü Junchang et al. in 2012 and the type species is Qinglongopterus guoi.