Ordosipterus Temporal range:
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Illustration of the holotype holotype lower jaw | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
Family: | †Dsungaripteridae |
Genus: | †Ordosipterus Ji, 2020 |
Type species | |
†Ordosipterus planignathus Ji, 2020
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Ordosipterus is a pterosaur belonging to the suborder Pterodactyloidea. Its holotype specimen was discovered in China, and dated back to the Early Cretaceous period (Aptian stage). Further analysis conclude that it was a genus of dsungaripterid pterosaur.[1]