Eosipterus yangi

Eosipterus yangi, holotype

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ctenochasmatoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Cladus: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crocopoda Cladus: Archosauriformes Cladus: Eucrocopoda Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: † Pterosauromorpha Ordo: †Pterosauria Subordo: †Pterodactyloidea Superfamilia: Ctenochasmatoidea

Familia: †Ctenochasmatidae
Subfamilia: †Ctenochasmatinae
Genus: †Eosipterus
Species: †Eosipterus yangi

Name

Eosipterus yangi Ji & Ji, 1997

• Type: Incomplete skeleton lacking head and cervical vertebrae. Chinese Geological Museum specimen #GMV2117.
• Type locality: China: Lower Yixian Fm. at Jinggangshan, Beipiao Municipality, Liaoning Province.

References

Primary references

• Ji, S. & Ji, Q. 1997. The first discovery of a pterosaur from western Liaoning Province (Eosipterus yangi gen. et sp. nov.). Acta Geologica Sinica 71(1): 1–6. PDF Reference page. 

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