Genus: Wellnhoferia ELZANOWSKI, 2001
Etymology: In honor of Dr. Peter Wellnhofer, Chief Curator Emeritus, Bayerische Staatssammlung fur Palaontolgoie und historische Geologie, Munch.

Species: grandis ELZANOWSKI, 2001
Etymology: Latin, grandis, ‘large’.

Holotype: Burgermeister-Muller-Museum

Locality: Exact locality not known, in all probability Altumhul Valley, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.

Horizon: Upper Upper Solnhofen Limestone.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Lower Lower Tithonian Stage, Upper Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.

Material: Skull missing the middle portion, skeleton lacking most of the cervical vertebrae and some of the humeri and scapula, showing some feather impressions.