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Zhejiangopterus linhaiensis

Reptilia - Azhdarchidae

Taxonomy
Zhejiangopterus linhaiensis was named by Cai and Wei (1994). Its type specimen is ZMNH M1330, a skull, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Aolicun, Yandang Mountain, which is in a Campanian lacustrine tuff in the Tangshang Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Zhejiangopterus linhaiensis Cai and Wei p. 182 figs. 1-6
1997Zhejiangopterus linhaiensis Unwin and Lü
2003Zhejiangopterus linhaiensis Unwin
2014Zhejiangopterus linhaiensis Andres et al.
2014Zhejiangopterus linhaiensis Headden and Campos
2018Zhejiangopterus linhaiensis Xing et al. p. 4

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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
—Pterosauria(Kaup 1834)
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
—Azhdarchoidea(Unwin 1992)
familyAzhdarchidae
genusZhejiangopterus
specieslinhaiensis

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.

†Zhejiangopterus linhaiensis Cai and Wei 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available