Genus
Valid Extinct

Kunpengopterus

Wang et al. 2010

Kunpengopterus is a genus of wukongopterid pterosaur from the middle-late Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation of northeastern China. The genus contains two species, the type species K. sinensis and K. antipollicatus.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Kunpengopterus
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The complete skeleton of Kunpengopterus sinensis (IVPP V 23674). (A) Photo and (B) line drawing with missing portions of the skeleton were preserved as impression in dark grey. Scale bars: 50 mm. Abbreviations: at, atlas; ax, axis; cdv, caudal vertebra; cor, coracoid; cv3–7, third to seventh cervical vertebra; dca, distal carpal series; fe, femur; fo, foramen; hu, humerus; hy, hyoid bone; il, ilium; is, ischium; l, left; mcIV, metacarpal IV; pca, proximal carpal series; ph1–4d4, first to fourth phalange of manual digit IV; plca, proximal lateral carpal; ppu, prepubis; ptd, pteroid; r, right; pu, pubis; ra, radius; sca, scapula; st, sternum; sv, sacral vertebra; ti, tibia; ul, ulna. © Xin Cheng, Shunxing Jiang, Xiaolin Wang​, Alexander W. A. Kellner · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Wukongopteridae Family
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Kunpengopterus Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
2
Geological formations
Tiaojishan
2
Temporal distribution
Oxfordian (161.5–154.8 Ma)
2
Species (2)
Kunpengopterus antipollicatus 168 Ma
Kunpengopterus sinensis 168 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
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 ↗
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 ↗