Hamipteridae

Hamipterids
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous 125–120 Ma
Skull of Hamipterus on display at the Paleozoological Museum of China
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Clade: Anhangueria
Clade: Hamipteridae
Holgado et al., 2019
Type species
Hamipterus tianshanensis
Wang et al., 2014
Genera

Hamipteridae (or hamipterids) is a small family of anhanguerian pterosaurs known from the Early Cretaceous of China and Spain.

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