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Haopterus gracilis

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Taxonomy
Haopterus gracilis was named by Wang and Lü (2001). Its type specimen is IVPP V11726, a skeleton (Nearly complete skeleton), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Sihetun, locality 1, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine horizon in the Yixian Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Haopterus gracilis Wang and Lu
2001Haopterus gracilis Wang and Lü p. 1112 figs. 1-2
2003Haopterus gracilis Unwin p. 145
2006Haopterus gracilis Wang and Zhou p. 406
2014Haopterus gracilis Andres 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
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
orderPterosauriaKaup 1834
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
—Pteranodontia()
superfamilyOrnithocheiroideaSeeley 1870
—LanceodontiaAndres et al. 2014
—Istiodactyliformes
—Mimodactylidae
genusHaopterus
speciesgracilis

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.

†Haopterus gracilis Wang and Lü 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volantg
Diet: piscivoreg
Created: 2009-01-05 17:49:42
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:49:42
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wang and Zhou 2006, Carroll 1988, 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) Haopterus gracilis (type locality: 92749)