Family
Valid Extinct

Wukongopteridae

Wang et al. 2009

Wukongopteridae is a group of basal pterosaurs, found in China and the UK. It contains eight species in five genera, all dated to the Middle to Late Jurassic period,

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Wukongopteridae
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Wukongopteridae Family
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
2
Geological formations
Tiaojishan
2
Temporal distribution
Oxfordian (161.5–154.8 Ma)
2
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 (2)
X. Zhou, R. V. Pegas, and W. Ma, G. Han, X. Jin, M. EC Leal, N. Bonde, Y. Kobayashi, S. Lautenschlager, X. Wei, C. Shen, S. Ji. 2021. Current Biology. 31:1-8 DOI ↗
X. Wang, A. W. A. Kellner, and S. Jiang, X. Cheng, X. Meng, T. Rodrigues. 2010. New long-tailed pterosaurs (Wukongopteridae) from western Liaoning, China. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 82(4):1045-1062 DOI ↗