Jeholopterus
Sign in to saveJeholopterus was a small anurognathid pterosaur known from the Middle to Late Jurassic Daohugou Beds of the Tiaojishan Formation of Inner Mongolia, China, and possibly the Early Cretaceous Sinuiju Formation of North Korea.
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Jeholopterus was a small anurognathid pterosaur known from the Middle to Late Jurassic Daohugou Beds of the Tiaojishan Formation of Inner Mongolia, China, and possibly the Early Cretaceous Sinuiju Formation of North Korea.
==Naming== The genus was named in 2002 by Wang Xiaolin, Zhou Zhonghe and Xu Xing. The type species, the only known, is Jeholopterus ningchengensis. The genus name is derived from its place of discovery, Jehol in China, and a Latinized Greek pteron, "wing". The specific name refers to Ningcheng County.
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AnurognathidaeFossils of North KoreaFossil taxa described in 2002Late Jurassic pterosaurs of AsiaMiddle Jurassic pterosaurs of AsiaPaleontology in Inner MongoliaPterosaur generaTaxa named by Xu XingTaxa named by Zhou ZhongheTaxonbars of monotypic genera missing species on WikidataTaxonbars of monotypic genera missing species on Wikipedia