Darwinopterus
Darwinopterus (meaning "Darwin's wing") is a genus of pterosaur, discovered in China and named after biologist Charles Darwin. Between 30 and 40 fossil specimens have been identified, all collected from the Tiaojishan Formation, which dates to the middle Jurassic period, 160.89–160.25 Ma ago. The type species, "D. modularis", was described in February 2010. "D. modularis" was the first known pterosaur to display features of both long-tailed ('rhamphorhynchoid') and short-tailed (pterodactyloid) pterosaurs, and was described as a transitional fossil between the two groups. Two additional species, "D. linglongtaensis" and "D. robustodens", were described from the same fossil beds in December 2010 and June 2011, respectively.
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genus
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pterosaur
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China
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Charles Darwin
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Tiaojishan Formation
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Jurassic
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type
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2010
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rhamphorhynchoid
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pterodactyloid
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transitional fossil
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Darwinopterus
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February 2010
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2010-12-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
December 2010
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2011-06-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
June 2011
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30
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40
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160.89
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160.25
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taxon rank
named after
location of discovery