Chaoyang, Liaoning
Jidapterus is a genus of chaoyangopterid pterosaur from the Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Chaoyang, Liaoning, China. The genus was in 2003 named by Dong Zhiming, Sun Yue-Wu and Wu Shao-Yuan. The type species is Jidapterus edentus. The genus name is derived from "Jílín Dàxué" or "Jilin University" and a Latinized Greek "pteron", "wing". The specific name means "toothless" in Latin.