Ordosipterus

Ordosipterus
Temporal range: Aptian
Illustration of the holotype holotype lower jaw
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Family: Dsungaripteridae
Genus: Ordosipterus
Ji, 2020
Type species
Ordosipterus planignathus
Ji, 2020

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]

  1. ^ Shu-an Ji (2020). "First record of Early Cretaceous pterosaur from the Ordos Region, Inner Mongolia, China". China Geology. 3 (1): 1–7. doi:10.31035/cg2020007.