Cratonopterus
| Cratonopterus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous (Valanginian to Hauterivian), | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
| Clade: | †Ctenochasmatoidea |
| Family: | †Ctenochasmatidae |
| Genus: | †Cratonopterus |
| Species: | †C. huabei |
| Binomial name | |
| †Cratonopterus huabei Jiang et al., 2023 | |
Cratonopterus (meaning "craton wing") is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Huajiying Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, C. huabei, known from a partial skeleton. Cratonopterus represents the first named pterosaur from the Huajiying Formation.
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