Eosipterus yangi Ji and Ji 1997 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Full reference: S.-A. Ji and Q. Ji. 1997. The first discovery of a pterosaur from western Liaoning Province (Eosipterus yangi gen. et sp. nov.). Acta Geologica Sinica 71(1):1-6

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

See also Ji et al. 1999, Unwin 2003 and Wang and Zhou 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GMV 2117, a partial skeleton (incomplete skeleton lacking skull). Its type locality is Jingangshan, Yixian (IVPP), which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine shale in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Jingangshan, Yixian (IVPP)

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