Liaoningopterus, sometimes misspelled "Liaoningopteryx", was a genus of ornithocheirid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Barremian-Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Chaoyang, Liaoning, China. The genus was named in 2003 by Wang Xiaolin and Zhou Zhimin. The type species is Liaoningopterus gui. The genus name is derived from Liaoning and a Latinised Greek pteron, "wing". The specific name honours Professor Gu Zhiwei, an invertebrate specialist who has pioneered the study of the Jehol Biota.