Hongshanopterus lacustris Wang et al. 2008 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Full reference: X. Wang, D. A. Campos, Z. Zhou and A. W. A. Kellner. 2008. A primitive istiodactylid pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea) from the Jiufotang Formation (Early Cretaceous), northeast China. Zootaxa 1813:1-18

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

See also Wang et al. 2008

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V14582, a skull (Skull and five cervical vertebrae). Its type locality is Dapingfang, which is in an Aptian lacustrine mudstone in the Jiufotang Formation of China.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Dapingfang

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