Monofenestrata
Encyclopedia
Monofenestrata is an unranked group of pterosaur
s that includes the family Wukongopteridae
and the superfamily Pterodactyloidea
.
Pterosaur
Pterosaurs were flying reptiles of the clade or order Pterosauria. They existed from the late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous Period . Pterosaurs are the earliest vertebrates known to have evolved powered flight...
s that includes the family Wukongopteridae
Wukongopteridae
The Wukongopteridae are a group of basal pterosaurs, found exclusively in China. It contained in 2010 five species in four genera, all collected from the Tiaojishan Formation and/or Daohugou Beds, which may date to the middle Jurassic period, though other studies have given a date of late Jurassic,...
and the superfamily Pterodactyloidea
Pterodactyloidea
Pterodactyloidea forms one of the two suborders of pterosaurs , and contains the most derived members of this group of flying reptiles...
.