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JEHOLOPTERUS
(jay-hol-op-ter-us)
meaning: "Jehol wing"
Jeholopterus
Named By: Wang Xiaolin, Zhou Zhonghe and Xu Xing in 2002
Time Period: Bathonian to Oxfordian,[1] 164 Ma
Location: China, Daohugou Beds
Size: 90 centimetre wingspan
Diet: unavailable
Fossil(s): A complete skeleton, skin and what appears to be either hairs or protofeathers
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Pterosauria | Rhamphorhynchoidea | Anurognathidae |
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Jeholopterus was a small anurognathid pterosaur from the Middle to Late Jurassic Daohugou Beds of the Tiaojishan Formation of Inner Mongolia, China, preserved with hair-like pycnofibres and skin remains.

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