AsiaBreviquartossaCaelidraconesEarly AptianEarly CretaceousEupterodactyloideaIstiodactyliformesLanceodontiaLate BarremianLophocratiaMacronychopteraMonofenestrataNovialoideaOrnithocheiroideaOrnithocheiromorphaPteranodontoideaPterodactyliformesPterodactyloideaPterodactylomorphaPterosauriaZambellisauria

Yixianopterus jingangshanensis

Pterosaur: Yixianopterus jingangshanensis

Meters Feet
Wingspan*: 2.20 m 7.2 ft
*The largest known specimen

ESR: 2.5 / 4 (estimated size reliability)

Period

Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Late Barremian - Early Aptian

Details

Status: valid
Autor: Lü, Ji, Yuan, Gao, Sun & Ji
Year: 2006
Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Liaoning
Formation: Yixian

Classification

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


Other

Material: Large part of skeleton with skull.
References: Jiang, Shun-Xing; Zhang, Xin-Jun; Cheng, Xin; Wang, Xiao-Lin (2020). "A new pteranodontoid pterosaur forelimb from the upper Yixian Formation, with a revision of Yixianopterus jingangshanensis".

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