Gladocephaloideus jingangshanensis Lü et al. 2012 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Gallodactylidae

Full reference: J. Lü, Q. Ji, X. Wei and Y. Liu. 2012. A new ctenochasmatoid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China. Cretaceous Research 34(1):26-30

Belongs to Gladocephaloideus according to J. Lü et al. 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IG-CAGS-08-07, a skull (Nearly complete skull with anterior cervical vertebrae and part of lower limb). Its type locality is Jingangshan, Yixian (IVPP), which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine shale in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Jingangshan, Yixian (IVPP)

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