Chinese and Brazilian researchers have unearthed a nearly complete fossilized skeleton of a previously unknown pterosaur species in Jianchang County, Liaoning Province.

The fossil, dating back approximately 160 million years to the Late Jurassic Period, has been named Darwinopterus camposi sp. nov. This newly discovered species belongs to the Wukongopteridae, an important pterosaur clade from the Yanliao Biota in northeastern China. This discovery enriches the diversity of the Wukongopteridae and provides new insights into the evolution of this group of pterosaurs.

The collaboration on material from the Yanliao Biota between Chinese and Brazilian paleontologists dates back to 2009 when they jointly named the Wukongopteridae. Since then, three genera and five species of Wukongopteridae have been identified. With this latest find, the number of known species has now increased to six.