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Shenzhoupterus
Genus of chaoyangopterid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shenzhoupterus is a genus of chaoyangopterid pterosaur from the Jiufotang Formation of modern-day Liaoning, China. Fossil remains of Shenzhoupterus date back to the Early Cretaceous period, approximately 120 million years ago.
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Shenzhoupterus | |
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Fossil in Henan Geological Museum | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
Family: | †Chaoyangopteridae |
Subfamily: | †Chaoyangopterinae |
Genus: | †Shenzhoupterus Lü et al., 2008 |
Type species | |
†Shenzhoupterus chaoyangensis Lü et al., 2008 |
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