†Vesperopterylus Lu et al. 2017 (pterosaur)
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Reptilia - Pterosauria - Anurognathidae
Full reference: J.-C. Lu, Q.-J. Meng, B.-P. Wang, DLiu, C.-Z. Shen and Y.-G. Zhang. 2017. Short note on a new anurognathid pterosaur with evidence of perching behaviour from Jianchang of Liaoning Province, China. Geological Society of London Special Publications 455:95-104
Parent taxon: Anurognathidae according to D. W. Hone 2020
See also Lu et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Anurognathus, Batrachognathinae, Batrachognathus, Dendrorhynchoides, Jeholopterus, Luopterus
Subtaxa: Vesperopterylus lamadongensis
Ecology: volant piscivore
Distribution: found only at Lamadong, Jianchang (Cretaceous of China)
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