AsiaBreviquartossaCaelidraconesEarly AptianEarly CretaceousEupterodactyloideaIstiodactyliformesLanceodontiaLophocratiaMacronychopteraMonofenestrataNovialoideaOrnithocheiroideaOrnithocheiromorphaPteranodontoideaPterodactyliformesPterodactyloideaPterodactylomorphaPterosauriaZambellisauria

Hongshanopterus lacustris

Pterosaur: Hongshanopterus lacustris

Meters Feet
Wingspan*: 1.85 m 6.1 ft
*The largest known specimen

ESR: 2 / 4 (estimated size reliability)

Period

Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Early Aptian

Details

Status: valid
Autor: Wang et al.
Year: 2008
Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Liaoning
Formation: Jiufotang

Classification

Pterosauria
Zambellisauria
Macronychoptera
Novialoidea
Breviquartossa
Pterodactylomorpha
Monofenestrata
Pterodactyliformes
Caelidracones
Pterodactyloidea
Lophocratia
Eupterodactyloidea
Ornithocheiroidea
Pteranodontoidea
Ornithocheiromorpha
Lanceodontia
Istiodactyliformes


Other

Material: Skull, atlas, axis and three other cervical vertebrae.
References: Xiaolin Wang; Diogenes de Almeida Campos; Zhonghe Zhou; Alexander W.A. Kellner (2008). "A primitive istiodactylid pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea) from the Jiufotang Formation (Early Cretaceous), northeast China".

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