Upper Jurassic Period

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Jeholopterus ningchengensis

A fine complete specimen showing near complete wing membrane and hair. From the Lower Yixian Formation at Nincheng, Inner Mongolia.  This specimen represents the most complete and largest known Anurognathid.  This pterosaur has been referred to as the "Nincheng Rehe Pterosaur".  The hair evidence is comparable with the feather like structures seen on some dinosaurs.

Type specimen:  Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoathropology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100044, China.

Wang X., Zhou Z., Zhang F. and Xu W., 2002, A nearly complete articulated rhamphorhynchoid pterosaur with exceptionally well-preserved wing membranes and "hairs" from Inner Mongolia, Northeast China. Chinese Science Bulletin vol. 47(3), pp. 226-232.