Editing Dsungaripterus (section)

==Description==
[[File:Dsungaripterus_weii.png|upright|thumb|left|Restoration of ''Dsungaripterus'']]
''Dsungaripterus weii'' had a wingspan of {{convert|3|-|3.5|m|ft}}.<ref name=Young1964>{{cite journal|last1=Young|first1=C.-C.|year=1964|title=On a new pterosaurian from Sinkiang, China|journal=Vertebrate PalAsiatica|pages=221–225|url=https://doc.rero.ch/record/14833/files/PAL_E1958.pdf}}</ref> Like most dsungaripteroids it had a rather robust skeleton with thick walls and stouty bodily proportions, suggesting a mostly terrestrial lifestyle. The flight style of these animals is unclear, but it was probably punctuated by abrupt landings and extensive flapping.<ref>Witton, Mark (2013). Pterosaurs: Natural History, Evolution, Anatomy. Princeton University Press. p. 51. {{ISBN|978-0691150611}}.</ref>

The skull of ''Dsungaripterus'', measuring over {{convert|46|cm|sp=us}} long,<ref name=D2020/> bore a low bone crest that ran down from the base of the skull to halfway to the beak. ''Dsungaripterus'''s head and neck were together almost {{convert|1|m|ft|sp=us}} long. Its most notable feature are its long, narrow, upcurved jaws with a pointed tip. It had no teeth in the front part of its jaws, which were probably used to remove prey from cracks in rocks and/or the sandy, muddy inland environments it inhabited. It had knobbly flat teeth more to the back of the jaw that were well suited for crushing the armor of shellfish or other hard objects.<ref>{{cite book |editor=Palmer, D.|year=1999|title= The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals|publisher=Marshall Editions|location=London|page= 105|isbn= 1-84028-152-9}}</ref> Thus, it is commonly interpreted that dsungaripterids were [[durophagy|durophagous]] and possibly [[piscivory|piscivorous]] pterosaurs.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Bestwick |first1=Jordan |last2=Unwin |first2=David M. |last3=Butler |first3=Richard J. |last4=Henderson |first4=Donald M. |last5=Purnell |first5=Mark A. |date=November 2018 |title=Pterosaur dietary hypotheses: a review of ideas and approaches  |journal=Biological Reviews |language=en |volume=93 |issue=4 |pages=2021–2048 |doi=10.1111/brv.12431 |pmc=6849529 |pmid=29877021}}</ref> Additionally, ''Dsungaripterus'' also had a palate similar to that of [[azhdarchoid]]s.<ref name=D2020>{{Cite journal|title=New anatomical information on Dsungaripterus weii Young, 1964 with focus on the palatal region|first1=He|last1=Chen|first2=Shunxing|last2=Jiang|first3=Alexander W. A.|last3=Kellner|first4=Xin|last4=Cheng|first5=Xinjun|last5=Zhang|first6=Rui|last6=Qiu|first7=Yang|last7=Li|first8=Xiaolin|last8=Wang|date=April 1, 2020|journal=PeerJ|volume=8|pages=e8741|doi=10.7717/peerj.8741|pmid=32274262|pmc=7127482|doi-access=free}}</ref>