Vesperopterylus Lu et al. 2017 (pterosaur)

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

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Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Lamadong, Jianchang (Cretaceous of China)

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