| Gladocephaloideus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 121 Ma |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
| Superfamily: | †Ctenochasmatoidea |
| Family: | †Gallodactylidae |
| Genus: | †Gladocephaloideus Lü et al, 2011 |
| Species: | †G. jingangshanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Gladocephaloideus jingangshanensis Lü et al, 2011 |
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Gladocephaloideus is a genus of gallodactylid ctenochasmatoid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China. Gladocephaloideus is known from a complete skull and partial postcranial skeleton. It was collected from the Jingangshan Bed of the Yixian Formation, dating to the Barremian stage, about 121 million years ago. It was named by Lü Junchang, Ji Qiang, Wei Xuefang and Liu Yongqing in 2011 and the type species is Gladocephaloideus jingangshanensis. Gladocephaloideus is the first gallodactylid pterosaur found in Asia.[1]