AsiaAzhdarchoideaBreviquartossaCaelidraconesChaoyangopteridaeEarly AptianEarly CretaceousEupterodactyloideaLophocratiaMacronychopteraMonofenestrataNeoazhdarchiaNeopterodactyloideaNovialoideaOrnithocheiroideaPterodactyliformesPterodactyloideaPterodactylomorphaPterosauriaZambellisauria

Chaoyangopterus zhangi

Pterosaur: Chaoyangopterus zhangi

Meters Feet
Wingspan*: 1.71 m 5.6 ft
*The largest known specimen

ESR: 3.5 / 4 (estimated size reliability)

Period

Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Early Aptian

Details

Status: valid
Autor: Wang & Zhou
Year: 2003
Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Liaoning
Formation: Jiufotang

Classification

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


Other

Material: 2 incomplete skeletons with skulls.
References: Zhou (2010). New material of Chaoyangopterus (Pterosauria:Pterodactyloidea) from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formationof western Liaoning, China.

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