Genus
Valid Extinct

Nemicolopterus

forest dweller wing
Wang et al. 2008

Nemicolopterus is a dubious genus of tapejaromorph pterosaur, based on a very small specimen originally described as the smallest known adult pterosaur to date. It lived in the Jehol Biota 120 million years ago. It has since been argued that Nemicolopterus represents a juvenile or hatchling of Sinopterus.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Nemicolopterus
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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
Nemicolopterus
Nemicolopterus
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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
1
Geological formations
Jiufotang
1
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Nemicolopterus crypticus 121 Ma
Images 2
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)
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 ↗