Haopterus gracilis Wang and Lü 2001 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Mimodactylidae

Full reference: X. Wang and J. Lü. 2001. Discovery of a pterodactylid pterosaur from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China. Chinese Science Bulletin 46:1112-1117

Belongs to Haopterus according to B. Andres et al. 2014

See also Unwin 2003 and Wang and Zhou 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V11726, a skeleton (Nearly complete skeleton). Its type locality is Sihetun, locality 1, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine horizon in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Sihetun, locality 1

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