Ctenochasmatidae

They filtered little creatures from the water with stringy teeth, and flew across lakes and seas on narrow albatross-like wings.

pterosaurs

Aurorazhdarcho

Aurorazhdarcho was one of the first pterosaurs ever found and studied back in the 1700s, but was misidentified as the famous Pterodactylus.

Beipiaopterus

The exceptional fossil of Beipiaopterus contains skin with blood vessels that may have been used for regulation of body heat.

Cathayopterus

Named after the country of its origin, Cathayopterus is one of many strange pterosaurs from China.

Ctenochasma

Ctenochasma is a filter-feeding pterosaur with an incredible number of teeth.

Elanodactylus

Elanodactylus has some unique skeletal features among pterosaurs and evolved long neck vertebrae convergent with another group, the azhdarchids.

Feilongus

This pterosaur gets its name from the winged legendary creature from Chinese mythology called Feilong meaning "flying dragon."

Forfexopterus

Forfexopterus, described in 2016, is a pterosaur from China and was one of the largest and latest-living ctenochasmatids.

Gegepterus

Gegepterus is a ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China's Yixian Formation.

Gladocephaloideus

One specimen of Gladocephaloideus is so complete and well-preserved that it even includes traces of hair-like pycnofibers.

Gnathosaurus

Gnathosaurus, a ctenochasmatid, had 130 needle-like teeth around the edges of a strange spoon-shaped beak.

Huanhepterus

Huanhepterus, from the Early Cretaceous of China, might be the most lanky pterosaur ever.

Liaodactylus, described in early 2017, is a pterosaur with special superlatives. Not only is it the earliest known filter-feeding pterosaur but it is the earliest known ctenochasmatid. So, we gave it a little something special – the pterosaur equivalent of the man bun.