Cratonopterus
Genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cratonopterus (meaning "craton wing") is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Huajiying Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, C. huabei, known from a partial skeleton. Cratonopterus represents the first named pterosaur from the Huajiying Formation.[1]
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Cratonopterus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
Clade: | †Ctenochasmatoidea |
Family: | †Ctenochasmatidae |
Genus: | †Cratonopterus |
Species: | †C. huabei |
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†Cratonopterus huabei Jiang et al., 2023 | |
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