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Istiodactylus sinensis

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Taxonomy
Istiodactylus sinensis was named by Andres and Ji (2006). Its type specimen is NGMC 99-07-011, a skeleton (Relatively complete skeleton), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Baicaigou, Toutai, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine shale/mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Istiodactylus sinensis Andres and Ji p. 71 figs. 1-4
2014Istiodactylus sinensis Andres et al.
2014Istiodactylus sinensis Vila Nova et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
orderPterosauriaKaup 1834
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
—Pteranodontia()
superfamilyOrnithocheiroideaSeeley 1870
genusIstiodactylus
speciessinensis

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.

†Istiodactylus sinensis Andres and Ji 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: piscivoreo
Created: 2009-01-04 11:38:30
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:23
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Padian 1985

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 125.77000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57China (Liaoning) Istiodactylus sinensis (type locality: 67611)