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Eoazhdarcho liaoxiensis

Reptilia - Azhdarchidae

Taxonomy
Eoazhdarcho liaoxiensis was named by Lü and Ji (2005). Its type specimen is GMN-03-11-002, a partial skeleton (Incomplete skeleton with lower jaw), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Chaoyang pterosaurs (PROXY), which is in an Aptian lacustrine horizon in the Jiufotang Formation of China.

It was synonymized subjectively with Chaoyangopterus zhangi by Zhou and Wang (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Eoazhdarcho liaoxiensis Lü and Ji p. 301 figs. 1-2
2014Eoazhdarcho liaoxiensis 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
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
genusEoazhdarcho
speciesliaoxiensis

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.

†Eoazhdarcho liaoxiensis Lü and Ji 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available