In Depth
Nurhachius is perhaps most closely related to Istiodactylus even though the two are geographically separated by several thousand miles. However Nurhachius has a different skull which is lower with a slightly curved lower jaw.
Nurhachius is named after the first khan of the Qing dynasty, who once ruled from the area where Nurhachius was found.
Further Reading
– Pterosaur diversity and faunal turnover in Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems in China. – Nature 437:875-879. – X. Wang, A. W. A. Kellner, Z. Zhou & D. A. Campos – 2005. – Nurhachius luei, a new istiodactylid pterosaur (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province (China) and comments on the Istiodactylidae. – PeerJ 7:e7688. – X. Zhou, R. V. P�gas, M. E. C. Leal & N. Bonde – 2019.
