Wukongopterus Wang et al. 2009 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Full reference: X. Wang, A. W. A. Kellner, S. Jiang and 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

Parent taxon: Monofenestrata according to B. Andres et al. 2014

See also Wang et al. 2009 and Wang et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Caelidracones, Changchengopterus, Cuspicephalus, Darwinopterus, Douzhanopterus, Pterodactylus

Subtaxa: Wukongopterus lii

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Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Daxishan, Linglongta (Jurassic of China)

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