Cathayopterus grabaui Wang and Zhou 2006 (ctenochasmatid)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Ctenochasmatidae

Full reference: X. Wang and Z. Zhou. 2006. Pterosaur adaptive radiation of the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota. Originations, radiations and biodiversity changes - evidences from the Chinese fossil record 665-689

Belongs to Cathayopterus according to Wang and Zhou 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V13756, a skull (Incomplete skull). Its type locality is Fanzhangzi, Lingyuan, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine horizon in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Fanzhangzi, Lingyuan

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