Jidapterus Temporal range: Aptian,
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Holotype specimen RCPS-030366CY | |
Scientific classification | |
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.