Pteraichnus yanguoxiaensis Peng et al. 2004 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Pteraichnidae

Belongs to Pteraichnus according to M. G. Lockley et al. 2013

See also Chen et al. 2013 and Li et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Pteraichnus cidacoi, Pteraichnus dongyangensis, Pteraichnus koreanensis, Pteraichnus longipodus, Pteraichnus manueli, Pteraichnus nipponensis, Pteraichnus palacieisaenzi, Pteraichnus parvus, Pteraichnus saltwashensis, Pteraichnus stokesi, Pteraichnus vetustior

Type specimen: Its type locality is Yanguoxia, main site (sites 1 & 2), LDNG, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine - small sandstone in the 6 Formation of China

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Yanguoxia, main site (sites 1 & 2), LDNG

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