ArchaeopterodactyloideaAsiaBreviquartossaCaelidraconesCtenochasmatidaeCtenochasmatinaeCtenochasmatoideaEarly AptianEarly CretaceousEuctenochasmatiaLate BarremianLophocratiaMacronychopteraMonofenestrataNovialoideaPterodactyliformesPterodactyloideaPterodactylomorphaPterodaustriniPterosauriaZambellisauria

Gegepterus changi

Pterosaur: Gegepterus changi

Meters Feet
Wingspan*: 80 cm 2.6 ft
*The largest known specimen

ESR: 3.5 / 4 (estimated size reliability)

Period

Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Late Barremian - Early Aptian

Details

Status: valid
Autor: Wang et al.
Year: 2007
Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Liaoning
Formation: Yixian

Classification

Pterosauria
Zambellisauria
Macronychoptera
Novialoidea
Breviquartossa
Pterodactylomorpha
Monofenestrata
Pterodactyliformes
Caelidracones
Pterodactyloidea
Lophocratia
Archaeopterodactyloidea
Euctenochasmatia
Ctenochasmatoidea
Ctenochasmatidae
Ctenochasmatinae
Pterodaustrini


Other

Material: 2 partial skeletons with incomplete skulls.
References: Jiang Shun-Xing & Wang Xiao-Lin, (2011). "Important features of Gegepterus changae (Pterosauria: Archaeopterodactyloidea, Ctenochasmatidae) from a new specimen".

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