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Forfexopterus jeholensis

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Ctenochasmatidae

Taxonomy
Forfexopterus jeholensis was named by Jiang et al. (2016). Its type specimen is HM V20, a skeleton, and it is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Xiao-tai-zi, La-ma-dong, Jianchang, which is in an Aptian lacustrine siltstone in the Jiufotang Formation of China. It is the type species of Forfexopterus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Forfexopterus jeholensis Jiang et al. p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
orderPterosauriaKaup 1834
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
—Lophocratia
superfamilyCtenochasmatoideaUnwin 1995
—Euctenochasmatia
familyCtenochasmatidaeNopcsa 1928
genusForfexopterus
speciesjeholensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Forfexopterus jeholensis Jiang et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available