Genus
Valid Extinct

Moganopterus

Lü et al. 2012

Moganopterus is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of western Liaoning Province, China.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Moganopterus
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Archaeopterodactyloidea Superfamily
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Boreopteridae Unranked clade
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Moganopterinae Subfamily
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Moganopterus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Yixian
1
Temporal distribution
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Moganopterus zhuiana 126 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
J. -C. Lü, H. -Y. Pu, and L. Xu, Y. -H. Wu, X. -F. Wei. 2012. Largest toothed pterosaur skull from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China, with comments on the family Boreopteridae. Acta Geological Sinica 86(2):287-293 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
J. -C. Lü, H. -Y. Pu, and L. Xu, Y. -H. Wu, X. -F. Wei. 2012. Largest toothed pterosaur skull from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China, with comments on the family Boreopteridae. Acta Geological Sinica 86(2):287-293 DOI ↗