Genus
Valid Extinct

Wenupteryx

Codorniú and Gasparini 2013

Wenupteryx is an extinct genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur known from the Late Jurassic Vaca Muerta of Neuquén Province, southern Argentina. It was first named by Laura Codorniú and Zulma Gasparini in 2013 and the type species is Wenupteryx uzi. It is a small-sized pterosaur related to the clade Euctenochasmatia or Archaeopterodactyloidea.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Wenupteryx Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
2
Geological formations
Vaca Muerta
2
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Wenupteryx uzi 149 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
L. Codorniú and Z. Gasparini. 2013. The Late Jurassic pterosaurs from northern Patagonia, Argentina. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 103:399-408 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
L. Codorniú and Z. Gasparini. 2013. The Late Jurassic pterosaurs from northern Patagonia, Argentina. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 103:399-408 DOI ↗