Genus
Valid Extinct

Zhenyuanopterus

Lü 2010

Zhenyuanopterus is a genus of boreopterid pterosaur which is known from Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China. It contains one species, Zhenyuanopterus longirostris, which was first described and named by Lü Junchang.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Zhenyuanopterus
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Skeletal diagram of Zhenyuanopterus longirostris. © Dean Schnabel (SassyPaleoNerd) · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Archaeopterodactyloidea Superfamily
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Boreopteridae Unranked clade
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Zhenyuanopterus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
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Geological formations
Yixian
1
Temporal distribution
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Zhenyuanopterus longirostris 126 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
J. Lü. 2010. A boreopterid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, northeastern China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 84(2):241-246 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
J. Lü. 2010. A boreopterid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, northeastern China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 84(2):241-246 DOI ↗