Genus
Valid Extinct

Wukongopterus

Wang et al. 2009

Wukongopterus is a genus of basal pterosaur, found in Liaoning, China, from the Tiaojishan Formation, of the Middle or Late Jurassic. It was unusual for having both an elongated neck and a long tail.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Wukongopterus
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Holotype skeleton of Wukongopterus lii on display at the Paleozoological Museum of China. © Jonathan Chen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
Wukongopterus
Wukongopterus
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Macronychoptera Unranked clade
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Novialoidea Unranked clade
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Lonchognatha Unranked clade
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Monofenestrata Unranked clade
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Wukongopterus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Tiaojishan
1
Temporal distribution
Oxfordian (161.5–154.8 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Wukongopterus lii 168 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
X. Wang, A. W. A. Kellner, and S. Jiang, X. Meng. 2009. An unusual long-tailed pterosaur with elongated neck from western Liaoning of China. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 81(4):793-812 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
X. Wang, A. W. A. Kellner, and S. Jiang, X. Meng. 2009. An unusual long-tailed pterosaur with elongated neck from western Liaoning of China. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 81(4):793-812 DOI ↗