Genus: Scansoriopteryx CZERKAS & YUAN, 2002
Etymology: Latin, scandere, "climb" and Greek, pteryx, "feather, wing": climbing wing.
= Epidendrosaurus ZHANG, ZHOU, XU, & WANG, 2002
Etymology: The generic name is derived from the obivous arboreal adaptation of this animal.

Species: heilmanni CZERKAS & YUAN, 2002
Etymology: In honor of Gerhard Heilman, the pioneer of avian Paleontological studies who championed the concept of birds being derived from an arboreal ancestry.

Holotype: CAGS02-IG-gausa-1/DM 607 (part and counterpart)

Locality: Daohugou, Ningcheng County, East of Nei Mongol, Inner Mongolia.

Horizon: Jiulongshan Formation (Daohugou Formation?).

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Upper Bathonian Stage, upper middle Dogger Epoch, Middle Jurassic.

Note: Originally listed as the following Locality: Dawangzhanzi fossil site, Lingyuan City, Western Liaoning Province, China.

Horizon: Basal part of the Yixian Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Lower Barremian Stage, Gallic Subepoch, Early Cretaceous Epoch, Early Cretaceous.

Material: Fragmentary skull (posterior half of the skull and lower jaws), and fragmentary skeleton with impressions of down-like feathers impressions as well as a patch of tubercles tentatively identified as scaly skin.

Referred material:

= Epidendrosaurus ningchengensis ZHANG, ZHOU, XU & WANG, 2002
Etymology: In reference to the locality Ningcheng County of Nei Mongol.

Holotype: IVPP V12653

Locality: Daohugou, Ningcheng County, East of Nei Mongol, Inner Mongolia.

Horizon: Jiulongshan Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Upper Bathonian Stage, upper middle Dogger Epoch, Middle Jurassic.

Material: Fragmentary skull and fragmentary skeleton.