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

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

See also Lü et al. 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Henan Geological Museum 41HIII0419, a partial skeleton (complete skull with lower jaws and anterior three cervical vertebrae). Its type locality is Xiaosanjiazi Village, Lamadong, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine horizon in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Xiaosanjiazi Village, Lamadong

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