AsiaAzhdarchidaeAzhdarchoideaBreviquartossaCaelidraconesEupterodactyloideaLate CretaceousLophocratiaMacronychopteraMonofenestrataNeoazhdarchiaNeopterodactyloideaNovialoideaOrnithocheiroideaPterodactyliformesPterodactyloideaPterodactylomorphaPterosauriaQuetzalcoatlinaeZambellisauria

Nipponopterus mifunensis

Pterosaur: Nipponopterus mifunensis

Meters Feet
Wingspan*: 3.5 m 11.5 ft
*The largest known specimen

ESR: 2 / 4 (estimated size reliability)

Period

Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Turonian - Coniacian

Details

Status: valid
Autor: Zhou et al.
Year: 2025
Area: Asia
Country: Japan
Region: Kyushu
Formation: Mifune

Classification

Pterosauria
Zambellisauria
Macronychoptera
Novialoidea
Breviquartossa
Pterodactylomorpha
Monofenestrata
Pterodactyliformes
Caelidracones
Pterodactyloidea
Lophocratia
Eupterodactyloidea
Ornithocheiroidea
Azhdarchoidea
Neoazhdarchia
Neopterodactyloidea
Azhdarchidae
Quetzalcoatlinae


Other

Material: Partial posterior end of the sixth cervical (neck) vertebra (holotype specimen MDM 349)
References: Zhou et al., 2024, Reassessment of an azhdarchid pterosaur specimen from the Mifune Group, Upper Cretaceous of Japan, published in Cretaceous Research

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