†Boreopterus Lü and Ji 2005 (pterosaur)
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Reptilia - Pterosauria - Boreopteridae
Full reference: J. Lü and Q. Ji. 2005. A new ornithocheirid from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 79(2):157-163
Parent taxon: Boreopteridae according to S.-X. Jiang et al. 2014
See also Andres et al. 2014, Andres and Ji 2008, Lü and Ji 2005, Lü et al. 2012, Wang and Zhou 2006 and Zhou and Wang 2010
Sister taxa: Boreopterinae, Moganopterinae, Zhenyuanopterus
Subtaxa: Boreopterus cuiae Boreopterus giganticus
Ecology: volant piscivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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