Jeholopterus Wang et al. 2002 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Anurognathidae

Full reference: X. Wang, Z. Zhou, F. Zhang and X. Xu. 2002. A nearly completely articulated rhamphorhynchoid pterosaur with exceptionally well-preserved wing membranes and "hairs" from Inner Mongolia, northeast China. Chinese Science Bulletin 47:226-230

Parent taxon: Anurognathinae according to J. Lu et al. 2015

See also Andres et al. 2010, Andres et al. 2014, Hone 2020, Unwin 2003, Wang and Dong 2008, Wang et al. 2002 and Wang and Zhou 2006

Sister taxa: Anurognathus, Batrachognathinae, Batrachognathus, Dendrorhynchoides, Luopterus, Vesperopterylus

Subtaxa: Jeholopterus ningchengensis

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Ecology: volant insectivore

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (IVPP collection) (Jurassic of China)

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