A primitive istiodactylid pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea) from the Jiufotang Formation (Early Cretaceous), northeast China
Author
Wang, Xiaolin
Author
Campos, Diogenes De Almeida
Author
Zhou, Zhonghe
Author
Kellner, Alexander W. A.
text
Zootaxa
2008
1813
1
18
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.274343
ab1edc24-4bdd-4c04-bb71-c4123233025c
1175-5326
274343
Hongshanopterus
gen. nov.
Etymology.
The generic name is derived from the Hongshan culture whose archaeological sites are mainly found in western Liaoning Province and in neighboring southeastern Inner
Mongolia
.
Diagnosis.
As
for the
type
species.