Chaoyang pterosaurs (PROXY) (Cretaceous of China)

Also known as Eoazhdarcho, Shenzhouopterus, Sinopterus gui, Huaxiapterus spp. holotype site

Where: Liaoning, China (41.6° N, 120.4° E: paleocoordinates 44.8° N, 120.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Jiufotang Formation (Jehol Group), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: GMN: Geological Museum of Nanjing

•HGM: Henan Geological Museum, Zhengzhou

•BPV: Beijing Natural History Museum

•D: Dalian Natural History Museum

•ZMNH: Zhejiang Museum of Natural History, Hangzhou

Primary reference: J. Lü and Q. Ji. 2005. New azhdarchid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of western Liaoning. Acta Geologica Sinica 79(3):301-307 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 92652: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 23.11.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Pterosauria - Tapejaridae
Huaxiapterus corollatus n. sp.3, Huaxiapterus jii n. gen. n. sp.6, Jidapterus edentus n. gen. n. sp.1, Sinopterus dongi4, Sinopterus gui n. gen. n. sp.2
Huaxiapterus corollatus n. sp.3 Lü et al. 2006 pterosaur
ZMNH M8131, partial skeleton with skull
Huaxiapterus jii n. gen. n. sp.6 Lü and Yuan 2005 pterosaur
GMN-03-11-001, nearly complete skeleton with skull
Jidapterus edentus n. gen. n. sp.1 Dong et al. 2003 pterosaur
CAD-01, nearly complete skeleton with partial skull
Sinopterus dongi4 Wang and Zhou 2002 pterosaur
D2525, skeleton without skull
Sinopterus gui n. gen. n. sp.2 Li et al. 2003 pterosaur
BPV-077, nearly complete skeleton with partial skull
 Pterosauria - Chaoyangopteridae
Shenzhoupterus chaoyangensis n. gen. n. sp.5 Lü et al. 2008 pterosaur
HGM 41HIII- 305A, complete skull and postcranium
 Pterosauria - Azhdarchidae
Eoazhdarcho liaoxiensis n. gen. n. sp.
Eoazhdarcho liaoxiensis n. gen. n. sp. Lü and Ji 2005 pterosaur
GMN-03-11-002, incomplete skeleton with lower jaw