[D] Longisquama insignis [ncG]
Describer
Sharov, 1970
Time
Triassic Late
Classification
Not considered dinosaur
Fossilsite
Madygen, Osh Region, Kirgizia
Length
0,15 meter
Info
Genus
In Peters, D., 2000. \\\"A reexamination of four prolacertiforms with implications for pterosaur systematics,\\\" Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 106(3): 293-336 [December 2000] the describer supersedes all previous work on Longisquama, Cosesaurus, and Sharovipteryx and places them well inside the Prolacertiformes. In particular, this removes Longisquama from Dinosauria.
Longisquama insignis known primarily from a crushed fossil preserving only the fore parts of the animal, and also a number of disassociated \\\"long scales.\\\" was found in 1969 in Kyrgyzstan by the Russian insect paleontologist A.G. Sharov. The skull appears to have diapsid openings.