Liaoningopterus
Genus of anhanguerid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Liaoningopterus, sometimes misspelled as "Liaoningopteryx", was a genus of anhanguerid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Barremian-Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Chaoyang, Liaoning, China.
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Liaoningopterus | |
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Hypothetical life restoration | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
Family: | †Anhangueridae |
Subfamily: | †Anhanguerinae |
Genus: | †Liaoningopterus Wang & Zhou, 2003 |
Type species | |
†Liaoningopterus gui Wang & Zhou, 2003 |
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The genus was named in 2003 by Wang Xiaolin and Zhou Zhonghe. The type species is Liaoningopterus gui. The genus name is derived from Liaoning and a Latinized Greek pteron, "wing". The specific name honors Professor Gu Zhiwei, an invertebrate specialist who has pioneered the study of the Jehol Biota.