Yixianopterus Lü et al. 2006 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Lonchodectidae

Full reference: J. Lü, S. Ji, C. Yuan, Y. Gao, Z. Sun and Q. Ji. 2006. New pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Western Liaoning. Papers from the 2005 Heyuan International Dinosaur Symposium. Geological Publishing House, Beijing 195-203

Parent taxon: Lonchodectidae according to J. Lü et al. 2006

Sister taxon: Serradraco

Subtaxa: Yixianopterus jingangshanensis

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Type: Yixianopterus jingangshanensis

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Jingangshan, Yixian (IVPP) (Cretaceous of China)

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