Huaxiadraco

Huaxiadraco
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 120 Ma
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Holotype specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Pterosauria
Suborder: †Pterodactyloidea
Family: †Tapejaridae
Subfamily: †Sinopterinae
Genus: †Huaxiadraco
Pêgas et al., 2023
Type species
†Huaxiapterus corollatus
Lü et al., 2006
Synonyms
  • Huaxiapterus corollatus
    (Lü et al., 2006)
  • Huaxiapterus benxiensis
    (Lü et al., 2007)

Huaxiadraco (meaning "Hua Xia [China] dragon") is a genus of tapejarid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Chaoyang, Liaoning, China. It is the third valid genus of tapejarid from the Jehol Biota, after Sinopterus and Eopteranodon. It contains one species, Huaxiadraco corollatus, originally assigned to the defunct genus Huaxiapterus.[1]

  1. ^ Pêgas, R. V.; Zhoi, X.; Jin, X.; Wang, K.; Ma, W. (2023). "A taxonomic revision of the Sinopterus complex (Pterosauria, Tapejaridae) from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota, with the new genus Huaxiadraco". PeerJ. 11. e14829. doi:10.7717/peerj.14829. PMC 9922500.