Zhejiangopterus

Zhejiangopterus is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur known from one species, which lived in China during the late Cretaceous Period.

In April 1986 a young chalkstone quarry worker named Xu Chengfa, found a large fossil near the village of Aolicun in Linhai.

In the early 1990s, in total, six larger fossils had been recovered from the Tangshang Formation, an 81.5 million year old layer from the Campanian.

[3] Its skull was long, low, perfectly arched, and lacked a "keel" or any other crest sometimes seen in related species.

In 1997 David Unwin determined that Zhejiangopterus was more closely related to this giant American form and thus belonged to Azhdarchidae.

[5] Thalassodromeus sethi Tupuxuara leonardii Tupuxuara longicristatus Domeykodactylus ceciliae Dsungaripterus weii Noripterus complicidens Noripterus parvus Eoazhdarcho liaoxiensis Shenzhoupterus chaoyangensis Chaoyangopterus zhangi Jidapterus edentus Radiodactylus langstoni Azhdarcho lancicollis

Postcranial skeleton
Reconstructed skeleton