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Wukongopterus

Description

Wukongopterus is a genus of basal pterosaur, found in Liaoning, China, from the Daohugou Beds, of the Middle or Late Jurassic. It was unusual for having both an elongate neck and a long tail.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8442654https://www.gbif.org/species/8442654
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)157359https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=157359
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria : Wukongopteridae : Wukongopterus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria : Wukongopterus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
informalAvemetatarsaliaBenton 1999
-OrnithodiraGauthier 1986
-PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
-Pterosauria
-MacronychopteraUnwin 2003
-NovialoideaKellner 2003
-LonchognathaUnwin 2003
-MonofenestrataLü et al. 2010
genusWukongopterusWang Kellner Jiang & Meng 2009
Scientific NameWukongopterus Wang, Kellner, Jiang & Meng, 2009
Name Published InAnais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 81.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Wukongopterusgenusbelongs to Wukongopteridaestated with evidenceWang et al., 2009
Wukongopterusgenusbelongs to Monofenestratastated with evidenceAndres et al., 2014
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance168 - 151 Ma
Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance168 - 151 Ma
Jurassic
Environmentmarine (based on Pterosauria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietpiscivore (based on Pterosauria)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)X. Wang, A. W. A. Kellner, and S. Jiang, X. Meng. 2009. An unusual long-tailed pterosaur with elongated neck from western Liaoning of China. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 81(4):793-812
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wukongopterus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Wukongopterus lii
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1168 Ma
Middle Jurassic
168 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2009Wukongopterus Wang et al.
2010Wukongopterus Wang et al.
2014Wukongopterus Andres et al.

References

Wang X., Kellner A. W. A., et al (2009) An unusual long-tailed pterosaur with elongated neck from western Liaoning of China, Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 81 4, 793-812
Wang X., Kellner A. W. A., et al (2010) New long-tailed pterosaurs (Wukongopteridae) from western Liaoning, China, Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 82 4, 1045-1062
Andres B., Clark J., et al (2014) The earliest pterodactyloid and the origin of the group, Current Biology 24, 1-6
Article title: An unusual long-tailed pterosaur with elongated neck from western Liaoning of China. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
inferred from original work (title) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
refer original publication - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
www.organismnames.com (Jul 2012) / web search - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 81. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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