Liaoxipterus Dong and Lü 2005 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Istiodactylidae

Full reference: Z. Dong and J. Lü. 2005. A new ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning Province. Acta Geologica Sinica 79(2):164-167

Parent taxon: Istiodactylidae according to B. C. Vila Nova et al. 2014

See also Andres et al. 2014, Andres and Ji 2008, Dong and Lü 2005, Lü et al. 2008, Wang et al. 2008, Wang and Zhou 2006 and Zhou and Wang 2010

Sister taxon: Archaeoistiodactylus

Subtaxa: Liaoxipterus brachyognathus

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Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Yuanjiawa, Dapingfang (Cretaceous of China)

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