Jianchangopterus
| Jianchangopterus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Family: | †Rhamphorhynchidae |
| Subfamily: | †Rhamphorhynchinae |
| Genus: | †Jianchangopterus Lü & Bo, 2011 |
| Type species | |
| Jianchangopterus zhaoianus Lü & Bo, 2011 | |
Jianchangopterus (meaning "wing from Jianchang") is an extinct genus of rhamphorhynchid pterosaur from the Middle Jurassic of western Liaoning, China. Jianchangopterus is known from a nearly complete skeleton with skull preserved. It was collected from the Tiaojishan Formation. It was first named (after Jianchang County) by Lü Junchang and Bo Xue in 2011 and the type species is Jianchangopterus zhaoianus, named for Zhao Limin, who was instrumental in the study of the only known fossil.