Zhenyuanopterus longirostris Lü 2010 (pterosaur)

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)

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