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LIAOXIPTERUS
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Genus: Liaoxipterus Dong & Lü, 2005
Etymology: "Liaoxi (辽西) wing"
Type species: L. brachyognathus
Other Species: none
Diagnosis: See type species.
Classification: Ctenochasmatoidea incertae sedis
Holotype: CAR-0018 — A nearly complete lower jaw. (Dong & Lü, 2005)
Referred Specimens: none
Time: Aptian, Early Cretaceous
Horizon: Jiufotang Formation
Location: Chaoyang City, Chaoyang, Liaoning Province, China
Skull length: >161 mm
Total length: ?
Wingspan: ?
Mass: ?
Diagnosis: A ctenochasmatid pterosaur with 11 teeth in each mandible and relatively short teeth. (Dong & Lü, 2005)
Comments:
References:
Dong Z. & Lü J. 2005, A New Ctenochasmatid Pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, Acta Geologica Sinica 79 (2): 164-167.