Reptilia - Pterosauria - Tapejaridae

Alternative combination: Sinopterus jii

Full reference: J. Lü and C. Yuan. 2005. New tapejarid pterosaur from western Liaoning, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 79(4):453-458

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

See also Kellner and Campos 2007, Lü et al. 2007, Wang and Dong 2008 and Zhou and Wang 2010

Sister taxa: Huaxiapterus benxiensis, Huaxiapterus corollatus

Type specimen: GMN-03-11-001, a skeleton. Its type locality is Chaoyang pterosaurs (PROXY), which is in an Aptian lacustrine horizon in the Jiufotang Formation of China.

Ecology: volant frugivore

Distribution: found only at Chaoyang pterosaurs (PROXY)

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