Liaoningopterus gui Wang and Zhou 2003 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Full reference: X.-L. Wang and Z.-H. Zhou. 2003. Two new pterodactyloid pterosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 41(1):34-41

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

See also Vila Nova et al. 2014, Wang and Zhou 2006 and Zhou and Wang 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V13291, a partial skull (Incomplete skull and a few postcranial bones). Its type locality is Xiaioyugou, Lianhe, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale in the Jiufotang Formation of China.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Xiaioyugou, Lianhe

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