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Liaoxipterus brachyognathus

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Istiodactylidae

Taxonomy
Liaoxipterus brachyognathus was named by Dong and Lü (2005). Its type specimen is CAR-0018, a mandible (poorly preserved and incomplete lower jaws), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Yuanjiawa, Dapingfang, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large mudstone/marl in the Jiufotang Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Liaoxipterus brachyognathus Dong and Lu
2005Liaoxipterus brachyognathus Dong and Lü p. 164 figs. 1-2
2006Liaoxipterus brachyognathus Wang and Zhou p. 406
2014Liaoxipterus brachyognathus Andres et al.
2014Liaoxipterus brachyognathus 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
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
familyIstiodactylidaeHowse et al. 2001
genusLiaoxipterus
speciesbrachyognathus

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.

†Liaoxipterus brachyognathus Dong and Lü 2005
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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: Aptian or 125.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Liaoning) Liaoxipterus brachyognathus (type locality: 79941)