Haopterus

Haopterus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
Holotype fossil specimen, Paleozoological Museum of China
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Pterosauria
Suborder: †Pterodactyloidea
Clade: †Lanceodontia
Clade: †Istiodactyliformes
Clade: †Mimodactylidae
Genus: †Haopterus
Wang & Lü, 2001
Type species
†Haopterus gracilis
Wang & Lü, 2001

Haopterus is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Barremian-Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China. Its fossil remains dated back 124.6 million years ago.

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