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Cathayopterus grabaui

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Cathayopterus grabaui was named by Wang and Zhou (2006). Its type specimen is IVPP V13756, a skull (Incomplete skull), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Fanzhangzi, Lingyuan, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine horizon in the Yixian Formation of China. It is the type species of Cathayopterus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Cathayopterus grabaui Wang and Zhou

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
—Pterosauria(Kaup 1834)
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
—Lophocratia
—Ctenochasmatoidea(Unwin 1995)
—Euctenochasmatia
—Ctenochasmatidae(Nopcsa 1928)
genusCathayopterus
speciesgrabaui

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Cathayopterus grabaui Wang and Zhou 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: piscivoreg
Created: 2009-01-05 17:53:53
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:53:53
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Wang and Zhou 2006, Padian 1985, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 130.00000 to 122.46000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46China (Liaoning) Cathayopterus grabaui (type locality: 92906)