Genus: Longisquama SHAROV, 1970
= Longisquamata McLOUGHLIN, 1979 (sic)
Etymology:
Species: insignis SHAROV, 1970
Etymology:
Holotype: PIN 2584-4
Locality: Site 14, Dzhailyau-Cho, Madygen area, Lyailyakskii District, Osh Province, Turkestan Range, Southern Fergana, Kyrgyzstan (Kirghizia).
Horizon: Madygen Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Ladinian Stage, Mid Triassic Epoch-Carnian Stage, Lower Late Triassic Epoch, Middle to Late Triassic.
Material: Skull missing tip of snout, fragmentary skeleton, dorsal appendages (feathers?), and scales.
3 different reconstructions of the skeleton.
Possible explanation for the skeleton. I believe the skeleton is actually curving around and only half the specimen is exposed.
Paratypes:
PIN 2584-5, 6, 7: Isolated distal end of a dorsal appendage.
PIN 2584-9: Close-set of dorsal appendages.
Referred material:
VOIGT, BUCHWITZ, FISCHER, KRAUSE, & GEORGI, 2009
FG 596/V/1, 2, 3: Isolated dorsal appendages.