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Jeholopterus ningchengensus Wang, Zhou, Zhang, and Xu, 2002, IVPP V 12705, Lower Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous), China.
Taxa Jeholopterus

Jeholopterus ningchengensus Wang, Zhou, Zhang, and Xu, 2002, IVPP V 12705, Lower Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous), China.

China Yixian Cretaceous Early Cretaceous +2
Holotype skeleton of Wukongopterus lii on display at the Paleozoological Museum of China.
Taxa Wukongopterus

Holotype skeleton of Wukongopterus lii on display at the Paleozoological Museum of China.

museum China holotype Wukongopterus +1
New wing skeleton of Forfexopterus (SDUST-V1003) from Jiufotang Formation of Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota in Jianchang, western Liaoning, northeastern China. Abbreviations: ca, carpus; co, coracoid portion; hu, humerus; mc, metacarpals I–IV; mdI–III, manual digits I–III; pt, pteroid; ra, radius; sc, scapular portion; ul, ulna; wp1–4, wing phalanges 1–4.
Taxa Forfexopterus

New wing skeleton of Forfexopterus (SDUST-V1003) from Jiufotang Formation of Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota in Jianchang, western Liaoning, northeastern China. Abbreviations: ca, carpus; co, coracoid portion; hu, humerus; mc, metacarpals I–IV; mdI–III, manual digits I–III; pt, pteroid; ra, radius; sc, scapular portion; ul, ulna; wp1–4, wing phalanges 1–4.

humerus China Jiufotang Cretaceous +4
Holotype of Haopterus gracilis on display at the Paleozoological Museum of China.
Taxa Haopterus

Holotype of Haopterus gracilis on display at the Paleozoological Museum of China.

museum China holotype Haopterus +1
Holotype skull (IVPP V17083) of Guidraco venator on display at the Paleozoological Museum of China.
Taxa Guidraco

Holotype skull (IVPP V17083) of Guidraco venator on display at the Paleozoological Museum of China.

museum China holotype Guidraco +1
Ningchengopterus liuae, early Cretaceous of China. digital.
Taxa Ningchengopterus

Ningchengopterus liuae, early Cretaceous of China. digital.

China Cretaceous Early Cretaceous Ningchengopterus +1
Life restoration of Kryptodrakon progenitor, a pterosaur that lived in western China 160 mya
Taxa Kryptodrakon

Life restoration of Kryptodrakon progenitor, a pterosaur that lived in western China 160 mya

China Kryptodrakon Pterosauria
Reconstructed skull of the holotype and only specimen of Leshansaurus qianweiensis based on the possibly related megalosaurid Dubreuillosaurus valesdunensis. Scale bar is 10cm, image is 10px/cm. Cranial anatomy from figures in Fei et al. (2009) "A new carnosaur from the Late Jurassic of Qianwei, Sichuan, China". White bones are figured, light grey bones are unfigured and minimally described.
Taxa Leshansaurus

Reconstructed skull of the holotype and only specimen of Leshansaurus qianweiensis based on the possibly related megalosaurid Dubreuillosaurus valesdunensis. Scale bar is 10cm, image is 10px/cm. Cranial anatomy from figures in Fei et al. (2009) "A new carnosaur from the Late Jurassic of Qianwei, Sichuan, China". White bones are figured, light grey bones are unfigured and minimally described.

bone scale China Jurassic +9
Left maxilla (A) and left dentary (B) of carcharodontosaurid theropod Kelmayisaurus petrolicus Dong, 1973 (IVPP V 4022, China, Lianmugin For−
mation, Lower Cretaceous). Photographs in lateral (A1, B1), medial (A2, B2), ventral (A3), and dorsal (B3) views. Scale bars 5 cm. Designation “d” refers to

dentary tooth, designation “m” refers to maxillary tooth position. Dorsal view of dentary shows tooth row only.
Taxa Kelmayisaurus

Left maxilla (A) and left dentary (B) of carcharodontosaurid theropod Kelmayisaurus petrolicus Dong, 1973 (IVPP V 4022, China, Lianmugin For− mation, Lower Cretaceous). Photographs in lateral (A1, B1), medial (A2, B2), ventral (A3), and dorsal (B3) views. Scale bars 5 cm. Designation “d” refers to dentary tooth, designation “m” refers to maxillary tooth position. Dorsal view of dentary shows tooth row only.

scale tooth China Cretaceous +2
Aurornis xui, a basal member of Avialae from northern China, which lived 160 mya
Taxa Aurornis

Aurornis xui, a basal member of Avialae from northern China, which lived 160 mya

China Aurornis Avialae
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Taxa Tianyuraptor

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China Tianyuraptor
Diagram featuring the holotype (BNMNH-PV030) skull of the troodontid Papiliovenator neimengguensis, from the Bayan Mandahu Formation. Abbreviations: a, angular; d, dentary; f, frontal; j, jugal; l, lacrimal; m, maxilla; n, nasal; p, parietal; q, quadrate;  s, surangular;  sp, splenial.[1]
References

↑  (2022). "A new troodontid from the Upper Cretaceous Gobi Basin of inner Mongolia, China". Cretaceous Research 130: Article 105052. DOI:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.105052.
Taxa Papiliovenator

Diagram featuring the holotype (BNMNH-PV030) skull of the troodontid Papiliovenator neimengguensis, from the Bayan Mandahu Formation. Abbreviations: a, angular; d, dentary; f, frontal; j, jugal; l, lacrimal; m, maxilla; n, nasal; p, parietal; q, quadrate; s, surangular; sp, splenial.[1] References ↑ (2022). "A new troodontid from the Upper Cretaceous Gobi Basin of inner Mongolia, China". Cretaceous Research 130: Article 105052. DOI:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.105052.

China Mongolia Cretaceous holotype +4
Skull of troodontid theropod Xixiasaurus henanensis gen. et sp. nov. (HGM 41HIII−0201; holotype), lower–middle Majiacun Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Coniacian–Campanian), Henan Province, China; in dorsal (A); lateral (B), and ventral (C) views.

Note that this version of the image does not include the interpretative lines of the version in the paper.
Taxa Xixiasaurus

Skull of troodontid theropod Xixiasaurus henanensis gen. et sp. nov. (HGM 41HIII−0201; holotype), lower–middle Majiacun Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Coniacian–Campanian), Henan Province, China; in dorsal (A); lateral (B), and ventral (C) views. Note that this version of the image does not include the interpretative lines of the version in the paper.

China Campanian Coniacian Cretaceous +5
Holotype specimen (IVPP V15471) of Epidexipteryx hui on display at the Paleozoological Museum of China.
Taxa Epidexipteryx

Holotype specimen (IVPP V15471) of Epidexipteryx hui on display at the Paleozoological Museum of China.

museum China holotype specimen +1
Holotype of Protarchaeopteryx robusta on display at the Geological Museum of China.
Taxa Protarchaeopteryx

Holotype of Protarchaeopteryx robusta on display at the Geological Museum of China.

museum China holotype Protarchaeopteryx
Forearm and hand of Machairasaurus leptorhynchos Longrich et al. 2010 (Dinosauria: Theropoda: Oviraptoridae: Ingeniinae) from the Late Cretaceous Djadokhta Formation beds of Bayan Mandahu, Inner Mongolia, China. Digital photography and editing by Nick Longrich
Taxa Machairasaurus

Forearm and hand of Machairasaurus leptorhynchos Longrich et al. 2010 (Dinosauria: Theropoda: Oviraptoridae: Ingeniinae) from the Late Cretaceous Djadokhta Formation beds of Bayan Mandahu, Inner Mongolia, China. Digital photography and editing by Nick Longrich

China Mongolia Djadokhta Cretaceous +8
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tooth China Triassic Sauropterygia new species skeleton
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jaw China Devonian Late Devonian fish new species skull
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China Triassic fossil specimen
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China Cambrian Stage 3 fossil evolution formation
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