| Jidapterus Temporal range: Aptian,
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| Holotype specimen RCPS-030366CY | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
| Family: | †Chaoyangopteridae |
| Subfamily: | †Chaoyangopterinae |
| Genus: | †Jidapterus Dong, Sun & Wu, 2003 |
| Species: | †J. edentus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Jidapterus edentus Dong, Sun & Wu, 2003
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Jidapterus is a genus of chaoyangopterid pterosaur from the Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Chaoyang, Liaoning, China. The genus was in 2003 named by Dong Zhiming, Sun Yue-Wu and Wu Shao-Yuan. The type species is Jidapterus edentus. The genus name is derived from Jílín Dàxué or "Jilin University" and a Latinized Greek pteron, "wing". The specific name means "toothless" in Latin.