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Boreopterus cuiae

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Taxonomy
Boreopterus cuiae was named by Lü and Ji (2005). Its type specimen is JZMP-04-07-3, a skeleton (nearly complete skeleton), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Jinzhou, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine shale/mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Boreopterus cuiae Lu and Ji
2005Boreopterus cuiae Lü and Ji p. 157 fig. 1
2006Boreopterus cuiae Wang and Zhou p. 406
2014Boreopterus cuiae Andres et al.
2014Boreopterus cuiae Jiang et al. p. 824

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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
superfamilyArchaeopterodactyloideaKellner 1996
—BoreopteridaeLü et al. 2006
genusBoreopterus
speciescuiae

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.

†Boreopterus cuiae Lü and Ji 2005
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S.-X. Jiang et al. 2014Medium-sized Boreopterus with following char- acter combination: circular orbits; the third and the fourth of the anterior teeth are the largest; and the ratio of the length of mandibular symphysis to the lower jaw length ~65 percent (modified from Lu ̈ and Ji, 2005).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volantg
Diet: piscivoreg
Created: 2009-01-05 17:55:07
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:55:07
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Padian 1985, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wang and Zhou 2006

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) Boreopterus cuiae (type locality: 92806)