Genus
Valid Extinct

Jeholopterus

Wang et al. 2002

Jeholopterus was a small anurognathid pterosaur known from the Middle to Late Jurassic Daohugou Beds of the Tiaojishan Formation of Inner Mongolia, China, and possibly the Early Cretaceous Sinuiju Formation of North Korea.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ptérosaures
Insectivore Volant Marine
Jeholopterus
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Jeholopterus ningchengensus Wang, Zhou, Zhang, and Xu, 2002, IVPP V 12705, Lower Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous), China. © Ross A. Elgin, David W.E. Hone, and Eberhard Frey · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia
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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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Caelidracones Unranked clade
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Anurognathidae Family
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Jeholopterus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Tiaojishan
1
Temporal distribution
Callovian (165.3–161.5 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Jeholopterus ningchengensis 165 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
X. Wang, Z. Zhou, and F. Zhang, X. Xu. 2002. A nearly completely articulated rhamphorhynchoid pterosaur with exceptionally well-preserved wing membranes and "hairs" from Inner Mongolia, northeast China. Chinese Science Bulletin 47:226-230 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
X. Wang, Z. Zhou, and F. Zhang, X. Xu. 2002. A nearly completely articulated rhamphorhynchoid pterosaur with exceptionally well-preserved wing membranes and "hairs" from Inner Mongolia, northeast China. Chinese Science Bulletin 47:226-230 DOI ↗