†Liaodactylus Zhou et al. 2017 (ctenochasmatid)
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Reptilia - Pterosauria - Ctenochasmatidae
Full reference: C.-F. Zhou, K.-Q. Gao, H.-Y. Yi, J.-Z. Xue, Q.-G. Li and R. C. Fox. 2017. Earliest filter-feeding pterosaur from the Jurassic of China and ecological evolution of Pterodactyloidea. Royal Society Open Science 4(160672)
Parent taxon: Ctenochasmatidae according to C.-F. Zhou et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Balaenognathus, Cathayopterus, Ctenochasmatinae, Forfexopterus, Gnathosaurinae, Pterofiltrus
Subtaxa: Liaodactylus primus
Ecology: volant piscivore
Distribution: found only at Daxishan pterosaurs (Jurassic of China)
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