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ZHEJIANGOPTERUS
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Genus: Zhejiangopterus Cai & Wei, 1994
Etymology: "Zhejiang Province (浙江) wing"
Type species: Z. linhaiensis
Other Species: none
Diagnosis: See type species.
Classification: Azhdarchidae
Holotype: ZMNH M1330 — A relatively complete skull impression. (Cai & Wei, 1994)
Referred Specimens: ZNM M1324 — most of a skull with complete cervical region. (Cai & Wei, 1994)
ZMNH M1325 — a relatively complete specimen lacking the skull. (Cai & Wei, 1994)
ZMNH M1328 — a relatively complete skeleton. (Cai & Wei, 1994)
ZMNH M1329 — an incomplete skeleton. (Cai & Wei, 1994)
Time: Lower Upper Cretaceous
Horizon: Tangshang Formation
Location: Aolicun, Shangpanzhen, Linhai City, Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, China
Skull length: 430 mm
Total length: 1.1 m
Wingspan: 5 m
Mass: ?
Diagnosis: A large pterosaur with wingspan exceeding five meters. Skull is long, low, perfectly arched from the posterodorsal premaxilla to the posterior end of the parietal, and lacks a median keel or any other crests. Nasal and antorbital fenestra are confluent to compose a single oval fenestra that occupies nearly one half the length of the skull. Rostrum is long, gracile, acute and edentulous. The cervical region is long and composed of seven long and gracile vertebrae, the notarium is composed of six fused vertebrae, the sacrum is fused, and the caudal region is extremely short. Sternum is thin with a carinal apex. Six sets of inverted V-shaped gastralia are present. Sacral girdle is typical for edentulous pterosaurs. Forelimbs are robust with a short and stocky humerus that possesses a well developed deltopectoral crest. Wing finger metacarpal is longer than radius-ulna. Femur is long, gracile, and nearly one and a half times the length of the humerus.(Cai & Wei, 1994)
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