Jianchangopterus
| Jianchangopterus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Family: | †Rhamphorhynchidae |
| Subfamily: | †Scaphognathinae |
| Genus: | †Jianchangopterus Lü & Bo, 2011 |
| Species: | †J. zhaoianus |
| Binomial name | |
| Jianchangopterus zhaoianus Lü & Bo, 2011 | |
Jianchangopterus is a genus of scaphognathine rhamphorhynchid pterosaur from the Middle Jurassic of western Liaoning, China. Jianchangopterus is known from a nearly complete skeleton with skull preserved. It was collected from the Tiaojishan Formation. It was first named by Lü Junchang and Bo Xue in 2011 and the type species is Jianchangopterus zhaoianus.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ Lü Junchang and Bo Xue (2011). "A New Rhamphorhynchid Pterosaur (Pterosauria) from the Middle Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation of Western Liaoning, China". Acta Geologica Sinica. 85 (5): 977–983. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2011.00531.x.
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