Scientific Name:
Nipponopterus mifunensis (meaning "Nippon Wing of the Mifune Group")
[Species named after the Mifune Group in Kyūshū, Japan]

Year Of Naming:
2024

Family:
Quetzalcoatlinae, Azhdarchidae, Pterodactyloidea, Pterosauria

Size:
~3 - 3.5 meters (9.8 - 11.5 ft) in wingspan

Discovery & Time Period:
Mifune Group, Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan
Late Cretaceous (~Turonian - Coniacian), 89.8 mya

Date Of Release:
December 30th, 2024