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Changchengopterus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Clade
  
†Monofenestrata

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Reptilia

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Pterosaurs

Similar
  
Pterosaurs, Wukongopterus, Kunpengopterus, Jianchangnathus, Pterorhynchus

Changchengopterus is a genus of non-pterodactyloid pterosaur from China (Qinglong County, Hebei Province). The fossil specimen of the type and only species, Changchengopterus pani, was found in the Tiaojishan Formation and described by Lü in 2009. It is known only from a single specimen of a young juvenile, measuring 475 millimetres (18.7 in) in wingspan.

In his original description, Lü's phylogenetic analysis concluded that Changchengopterus was a primitive pterosaur closely related to the earlier European pterosaur Dorygnathus, and he placed it in Rhamphorhynchidae. However, a subsequent study by Wang and colleagues (2010) noted some similarities with the wukongopterids, and they tentatively placed it in that family. Andres & Myers (2013) found it to be outside Wukongopteridae and slightly more closely related to the pterodactyloids within the larger group Monofenestrata.

References

Changchengopterus Wikipedia