†Chaoyangopterus zhangi Wang and Zhou 2003 (pterosaur)
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Reptilia - Pterosauria - Azhdarchidae
Full reference: X.-L. Wang and Z.-H. Zhou. 2003. Two new pterodactyloid pterosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 41(1):34-41
Belongs to Chaoyangopterus according to J. A. Headden and H. B. N. Campos 2014
See also Andres et al. 2014, Wang and Zhou 2006 and Zhou and Wang 2010
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IVPP V13397, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Gonggao, Chaoyang, which is in an Aptian terrestrial mudstone in the Jiufotang Formation of China.
Ecology: volant piscivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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