Zhenyuanopterus is a genus of boreopterid pterosaur which is known from Lower Cretaceous (early Aptian stage) Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China.

One specimen is known; a complete skeleton, it was found in the Huangbanjigou locality of the Yixian Formation, and it is catalogued as GLGMV 0001 in the Guilin Longshan Geological Museum in Guangxi, China.

[1] A second, larger partial specimen, consisting of the rear half of the body, was found at the same locality and catalogued as XHPM1088 at the Dalian Xinghai Paleontological Museum.

Lü distinguished the two based on the greater number of teeth, the shorter mandibular symphysis, and equal-length third wing finger phalanx, humerus, and femur in Zhenyuanopterus.

[1] In 2012, he further subdivided Boreopteridae by allying Zhenyuanopterus and Boreopterus in the Boreopterinae, based on the tooth row extending further back on the jaw, the shorter cervical vertebrae, and the weaker feet of these two genera.

[7] In 2018, a later study by Nicholas Longrich and colleagues found the Boreopteridae (consisting only of Boreopterus and Zhenyuanopterus) as the sister taxon of the family Lonchodectidae, while also placed as members of the more inclusive group Ornithocheiromorpha.

[6] Guidraco Boreopterus Zhenyuanopterus Cearadactylus Brasileodactylus Ludodactylus Liaoningopterus Anhanguera Tropeognathus Coloborhynchus Ornithocheirus Topology 2: Longrich et al.

[8] Hongshanopterus Lonchodraco Lonchodectes Boreopterus Zhenyuanopterus Istiodactylidae Aetodactylus Cimoliopterus Guidraco Ludodactylus Cearadactylus Brasileodactylus Ornithocheirae