Jianchangnathus

Cheng et al. 2012

Jianchangnathus is an extinct genus of basal pterosaur from the Middle Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation of northeastern China.

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Ptérosaures

Piscivore Volant Marine

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Holotype skeleton of Jianchangnathus robustus on display at the Paleozoological Museum of China. © Jonathan Chen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia

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Classification

Pterosauria Order

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Rhamphorhynchoidea Suborder

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Scaphognathidae Family

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Jianchangnathus Genus

Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇨🇳 China

Geological formations

Tiaojishan

Temporal distribution

Oxfordian (161.5–154.8 Ma)

Species (1)

Jianchangnathus robustus 168 Ma

Images 1

Bibliography

Original description

X. Cheng, X. Wang, and S. Jiang, A. W. A. Kellner. 2012. A new scaphognathid pterosaur from western Liaoning, China. Historical Biology 24(1):101-111 DOI ↗

Bibliography (3)

Q. Li, J. A. Clarke, and K.-Q. Gao, C.-F. Zhou, Q. Meng, D. Li, L. D.'Alba, M. D. Shawkey. 2014. Melanosome evolution indicates a key physiological shift within feathered dinosaurs. Nature 507:350-353 DOI ↗

C.-F. Zhou. 2014. Cranial morphology of a Scaphognathus-like pterosaur, Jianchangnathus robustus, based on a new fossil from the Tiaojishan Formation of western Liaoning, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(3):597-605 DOI ↗

X. Cheng, X. Wang, and S. Jiang, A. W. A. Kellner. 2012. A new scaphognathid pterosaur from western Liaoning, China. Historical Biology 24(1):101-111 DOI ↗