Pterorhynchus

Czerkas and Ji 2002

Pterorhynchus is an extinct genus of pterosaur from the mid-Jurassic aged Yanliao Biota of Inner Mongolia, China.

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Ptérosaures

Piscivore Volant Marine

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Reconstructed skeleton of Pterorhynchus wellnhoferi © Jaime A. Headden (User:Qilong) · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia

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Classification

Pterosauria Order

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Macronychoptera Unranked clade

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Novialoidea Unranked clade

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Breviquartossa Unranked clade

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Rhamphorhynchidae Family

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Rhamphorhynchinae Subfamily

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Pterorhynchus Genus

Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇨🇳 China

Geological formations

Tiaojishan

Temporal distribution

Callovian (165.3–161.5 Ma)

Species (1)

Pterorhynchus wellnhoferi 165 Ma

Images 1

Bibliography

Original description

S. A. Czerkas and Q. Ji. 2002. A new rhamphorhynchoid with a headcrest and complex integumentary structures. Feathered Dinosaurs and the Origin of Flight, The Dinosaur Museum, Blanding

Bibliography (1)

S. A. Czerkas and Q. Ji. 2002. A new rhamphorhynchoid with a headcrest and complex integumentary structures. Feathered Dinosaurs and the Origin of Flight, The Dinosaur Museum, Blanding