Wukongopteridae

Wukongopteridae is a group of basal pterosaurs, found in China and the UK.

It contains eight species in five genera, all dated to the Middle to Late Jurassic period,[1] The Wukongopteridae were first named by Wang et al. in 2009, not yet giving an exact definition.

[2] The clade Wukongopteridae was first defined by Wang et al. in 2010 as "the most recent common ancestor of Wukongopterus lii and Kunpengopterus sinensis, and all of its descendants".

[3] Wukongopterids are characterized by a unique combination of "primitive" and advanced pterosaurian features.

While they had long tails and other features characteristic of other "rhamphorhynchoids", they also had distinct pterodactyloid features, such as long vertebrae in the neck and a single skull opening in front of the eyes, the nasoantorbital fenestra (in most "rhamphorhynchoids", the antorbital fenestra and the nasal opening are separate).

Restoration of Wukongopterus lii