Luchibang Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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Holotype snout (left, light-colored slab) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
Family: | †Istiodactylidae |
Genus: | †Luchibang Hone et al., 2020 |
Species: | †L. xingzhe
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Binomial name | |
†Luchibang xingzhe Hone et al., 2020
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Luchibang (meaning "Lü's heron wing") is an extinct genus of istiodactylid pterosaur discovered in Inner Mongolia, China. The type and only species is Luchibang xingzhe. The genus was initially established on the basis of a supposed nearly complete skeleton and skull, although later analysis of the specimen revealed that it represents a chimera, with the Luchibang holotype restricted to the end of the snout.