Lower Cretaceous Period

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Eoazhdarcho liaoxiensis

Eoazhdarcho (dawn Azhdarcho) liaoxiensis (from Liaoxi)

Holotype:  A partial skeleton and lower jaw from Chaoyang, Liaoning Province, China.  GMN-03-11-02   The specimen is of Aptian age from the Jiufotang Formation of the Jehol Group of Lower Cretaceous Sediments. (Lü & Ji, 2005)

Abstract: A nearly complete skeleton with a lower jaw, from the Early Cretaceous of western Liaoning is described and assigned to a new genus. Eoazhdarcho gen. nov .. The new genus is characterized by a relatively small size. the ratio of the length to width of the middle series cervical vertebrae and approximately 3.5 the ratio of length to femoral length constituted approximately 0.96. The humerus of Eoazhdarcho shows similarities with that of previously described Azhdarchidae, so it is assigned to this family.

Lü, J., and Ji, Q., 2005,  New Azhdarchid Pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Western Liaoning. Acta Geologica Sinica 79 (3): 301-307.