AsiaBreviquartossaCaelidraconesEarly AptianEarly CretaceousEupterodactyloideaIstiodactylidaeIstiodactyliformesIstiodactylinaeLanceodontiaLophocratiaMacronychopteraMonofenestrataNovialoideaOrnithocheiroideaOrnithocheiromorphaPteranodontoideaPterodactyliformesPterodactyloideaPterodactylomorphaPterosauriaZambellisauria
Liaoxipterus brachyognathus
Pterosaur: Liaoxipterus brachyognathus
Meters | Feet | |
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Wingspan*: | 2.35 m | 7.7 ft |
ESR: 1.5 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
Period
Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Early Aptian
Details
Status: valid
Autor: Dong & Lü
Year: 2005
Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Liaoning
Formation: Jiufotang
Classification
Pterosauria
Zambellisauria
Macronychoptera
Novialoidea
Breviquartossa
Pterodactylomorpha
Monofenestrata
Pterodactyliformes
Caelidracones
Pterodactyloidea
Lophocratia
Eupterodactyloidea
Ornithocheiroidea
Pteranodontoidea
Ornithocheiromorpha
Lanceodontia
Istiodactyliformes
Istiodactylidae
Istiodactylinae
Other
Material: Lower jaw.
References: Lü, J.; Xu, L.; Ji, Q. (2008). Hone, D. W. E.; Buffetaut, É. (eds.). "Restudy of Liaoxipterus (Istiodactylidae: Pterosauria), with comments on the Chinese istiodactylid pterosaurs.
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