Nurhachius Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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Cast of the N. ignaciobritoi holotype specimen | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
Family: | †Istiodactylidae |
Genus: | †Nurhachius Wang et al., 2005 |
Type species | |
†Nurhachius ignaciobritoi Wang et al., 2005
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Nurhachius is a genus of istiodactylid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Barremian to Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Chaoyang, Liaoning, China. Its fossil remains date back about 120 million years ago.