Moganopterus Lü et al. 2012 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Boreopteridae

Full reference: J. -C. Lü, H. -Y. Pu, L. Xu, Y. Wu, and X. Wei. 2012. Largest toothed pterosaur skull from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China, with comments on the family Boreopteridae. Acta Geological Sinica 86(2):287-293

Parent taxon: Moganopterinae according to J. -C. Lü et al. 2012

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Moganopterus zhuiana

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Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Xiaosanjiazi Village, Lamadong (Cretaceous of China)

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