Reptilia - Pterosauria - Boreopteridae
Full reference: J. Lü. 2010. A boreopterid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, northeastern China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 84(2):241-246
Belongs to Zhenyuanopterus according to S.-X. Jiang et al. 2014
See also Andres et al. 2014, Lü 2010 and Teng et al. 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: GLGMV 0001, a skeleton (Complete skeleton). Its type locality is Huangbanjigou, Shangyuan, Beipiao (GLGVM collection), which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine shale/mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.
Ecology: volant piscivore
Distribution: found only at Huangbanjigou, Shangyuan, Beipiao (GLGVM collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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