Lower Cretaceous Period
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Sinopterus dongi

Complete skeleton of a medium size pterosaur with a crested skull and a 'bird like' pointed horny beak.  wingspan 1.2m  skull length 17cm.  Jiufotang Formation, Chaoyang County, Western Liaoning Province, Northeast China.

Specimen IVPP-V13363

Wang X. and Zhou Z., 2003, A new pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea, Tapejaridae) from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning, China and its implications for biostratigraphy, Chinese Science Bulletin vol. 48:1, pp. 16-23<