Jianchangopterus

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Jianchangopterus
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Pterosauria
Family: Rhamphorhynchidae
Subfamily: Scaphognathinae
Genus: Jianchangopterus
Lü & Bo, 2011
Species:  J. zhaoianus
Binomial name
Jianchangopterus zhaoianus
Lü & Bo, 2011

Jianchangopterus is a genus of scaphognathine rhamphorhynchid pterosaur from the Middle Jurassic of western Liaoning, China. Jianchangopterus is known from a nearly complete skeleton with skull preserved. It was collected from the Tiaojishan Formation. It was first named by Lü Junchang and Bo Xue in 2011 and the type species is Jianchangopterus zhaoianus.[1]

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