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Liaoningopterus gui

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Taxonomy
Liaoningopterus gui was named by Wang and Zhou (2003). Its type specimen is IVPP V13291, a partial skull (Incomplete skull and a few postcranial bones), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Xiaioyugou, Lianhe, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale in the Jiufotang Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Liaoningopterus gui Wang and Zhou
2006Liaoningopterus gui Wang and Zhou p. 406
2010Liaoningopterus gui Zhou and Wang
2014Liaoningopterus gui Andres et al.
2014Liaoningopterus gui 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
genusLiaoningopterus
speciesgui

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.

†Liaoningopterus gui Wang and Zhou 2003
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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 17:50:37
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:50:37
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Wang and Zhou 2006, Padian 1985, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Aptian or 121.40000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2China (Liaoning) Liaoningopterus gui (type locality: 90046)