†Liaoxipterus Dong and Lü 2005 (pterosaur)
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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
Ecology: volant piscivore
Distribution: found only at Yuanjiawa, Dapingfang (Cretaceous of China)
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