Genus
Valid Extinct

Gladocephaloideus

Lü et al. 2012

Gladocephaloideus is a genus of ctenochasmatid ctenochasmatoid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous period of what is now western Liaoning, China.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Gladocephaloideus
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Photograph (A) and line drawings (B) of Gladocephaloideus jingangshanensis (JPM 2014–004). Abbreviations: ca, carpals; cr, coracoids; cv, cervical vertebrae; d, dentray; dg, deep groove along the mid-line of the mandibular symphysis; dv, dorsal vertebrae; dr, dorsal ribs; etp, extensor tendon process; f, frontal; fc, fifth carpal; fe, femur; fi, fibula; fin, fingers; h, humerus; il, ilium; m, maxilla; mmttsI-IV, metatrals I-IV; mttv, metatarsal V; nao, nasoantorbital opening; or, orbital; pcr, parietal crest; pm, premaxilla; pt, pteroid; ra, radius; rdl, radiale; sc, scapula; st, sternum; sl, sclerotic rings; t, teeth; tc, tooth sockets; ti, tibia; ul, ulna; wm, wing metacarpal; wph1-4, wing phalanges 1–4. Scale bar = 5 cm. © Junchang Lü, Martin Kundrát, Caizhi Shen · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Lophocratia Unranked clade
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Ctenochasmatoidea Superfamily
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Gallodactylidae Family
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Gladocephaloideus 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)
Gladocephaloideus jingangshanensis 126 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
J. Lü, Q. Ji, and X. Wei, Y. Liu. 2012. A new ctenochasmatoid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China. Cretaceous Research 34(1):26-30 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
J. Lü, Q. Ji, and X. Wei, Y. Liu. 2012. A new ctenochasmatoid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China. Cretaceous Research 34(1):26-30 DOI ↗