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BOREOPTERUS
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Genus: Boreopterus Lü & Ji, 2005
Etymology: "north wing"
Type species: B. cuiae
Other Species: none
Diagnosis: See type species
Classification: Ornithocheiridae
Holotype: JZMP-04-07-3 — A nearly complete skeleton with a skull. (Lü & Ji, 2005)
Referred Specimens: none
Time: Aptian, Early Cretaceous
Horizon: Yixian Formation
Location: Jinzhou District, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China
Skull length: 235 mm
Total length: 275 mm
Wingspan: 1.45 m
Mass: ?
Diagnosis: An ornithocheirid pterosaur with at least 27 teeth in the upper and lower jaw respectively; the first nine pairs of teeth larger than others; the third and fourth pairs of teeth are the largest; theratio of the length of the mandibular symphasis to the lower jaw length is approxamately 65%; femur and tibia are approxamately equal in length, and humerus slightly shorter than femur. (Lü & Ji, 2005)
Comments:
References:
Lü J. & Ji Q. 2005, A New Ornithocheirid from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, China, Acta Geologica Sinica 79 (2): 157-163.