Genus
Valid Extinct

Nurhachius

Wang et al. 2005

Nurhachius is a genus of istiodactylid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Barremian to Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Chaoyang, Liaoning, China. Its fossil remains date back about 120 million years ago.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Nurhachius
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Pteranodontia Unranked clade
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Ornithocheiroidea Superfamily
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Nurhachius Genus
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
3
Geological formations
Jiufotang
2
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
2
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
1
Species (2)
Nurhachius ignaciobritoi 121 Ma
Nurhachius luei 121 Ma
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Bibliography
Original description
X. Wang, A. W. A. Kellner, and Z. Zhou, D. d. A. Campos. 2005. Pterosaur diversity and faunal turnover in Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems in China. Nature 437:875-879 DOI ↗
Bibliography (3)
M. Ozeki, D. Unwin, and PR Bell, D. Li, L. Xing. 2023. A new pterosaur specimen from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, China: The oldest fossil record of Nurhachius. Historical Biology DOI ↗
X.-Y. Zhou, R. V. Pegas, and M. E. C. Leal, N. Bonde. 2019. Nurhachius luei, a new istiodactylid pterosaur (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province (China) and comments on the Istiodactylidae. PeerJ 7:e7688 DOI ↗
X. Wang, A. W. A. Kellner, and Z. Zhou, D. d. A. Campos. 2005. Pterosaur diversity and faunal turnover in Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems in China. Nature 437:875-879 DOI ↗