Nemicolopterus

forest dweller wing

Wang et al. 2008

Nemicolopterus is a dubious genus of tapejaromorph pterosaur, based on a very small specimen described as the smallest known "adult" pterosaur to date. It lived in the Jehol Biota 120 million years ago.

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Ptérosaures

Piscivore Volant Marine

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Nemicolopterus crypticus holotype (IVPP V-14377). (A) Skeleton overview, and (B) schematic drawing. (C) Skull (right lateral view), and (D) schematic drawing. Abbreviations: cdv, caudal vertebrae; co, coracoid; cv, cervical vertebra; d1–d4, digits 1–4; f, frontal; fe, femur; h, humerus; hy, hyoid; il, illium; is, ischium; j, jugal; l, left; la, lacrimal; mand, mandible; mc, metacarpal; mt, metatarsal; naof, nasoantorbital fenestra; or, orbit; pa, parietal; pm, premaxilla; ph, phalanx; ti, tibia; r, right; sca, scapula. Scale bars: A–B, 100 mm; C–D, 5 mm. © Rodrigo V. Pêgas1, Xuanyu Zhou, Xingsheng Jin, Kai Wang, Waisum Ma · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia

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Classification

Pterosauria Order

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Pterodactyloidea Suborder

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Azhdarchoidea Superfamily

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Nemicolopterus Genus

Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇨🇳 China

Geological formations

Jiufotang

Temporal distribution

Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)

Species (1)

Nemicolopterus crypticus 121 Ma

Images 1

Bibliography

Original description

X. Wang, A. W. A. Kellner, and Z. Zhou, D. d. A. Campos. 2008. Discovery of a rare arboreal forest dwelling flying reptile (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105(6):1983-1987 DOI ↗

Bibliography (1)