AsiaAzhdarchoideaBreviquartossaCaelidraconesChaoyangopteridaeEarly AptianEarly CretaceousEupterodactyloideaLophocratiaMacronychopteraMonofenestrataNeoazhdarchiaNeopterodactyloideaNovialoideaOrnithocheiroideaPterodactyliformesPterodactyloideaPterodactylomorphaPterosauriaZambellisauria

Shenzhoupterus chaoyangensis

Pterosaur: Shenzhoupterus chaoyangensis

Meters Feet
Wingspan*: 1.35 m 4.4 ft
*The largest known specimen

ESR: 4 / 4 (estimated size reliability)

Period

Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Early Aptian

Details

Status: valid
Autor: Lü, Unwin, Xu & Zhang
Year: 2008
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: Skull and nearly complete skeleton.
References: Lü J.; D.M. Unwin; Xu L.; Zhang X. (2008). "A new azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China and its implications for pterosaur phylogeny and evolution".

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