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Wukongopteridae

Reptilia - Wukongopteridae

Taxonomy
Wukongopteridae was named by Wang et al. (2009). It is not extant. Its type is Wukongopterus.

It was assigned to Pterosauria by Wang et al. (2009) and Wang et al. (2010).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Wukongopteridae Wang et al.
2010Wukongopteridae Wang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
RankNameAuthor
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
Pterosauria(Kaup 1834)
familyWukongopteridae
familyWukongopteridae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Wukongopteridae Wang et al. 2009
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G. †Kunpengopterus Wang et al. 2010
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Kunpengopterus antipollicatus Zhou et al. 2021
Kunpengopterus sinensis Wang et al. 2010
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: piscivoreo
Created: 2009-01-04 11:38:30
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:23
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Padian 1985, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 167.70000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian167.7 - 150.8China (Liaoning) Kunpengopterus sinensis, Kunpengopterus antipollicatus (92421)