Lower Cretaceous Period

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Eopteranodon lii

 

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Eopteranodon (dawn toothless wing) lii (named after Li)

Holotype:  A partial skeleton, including skull, from the Yixian Formation of the Jehol Group of sediments found near Beipaio City, Chaoyang, Liaoning Province, China.  The specimen, BPV-078 is Aptian in age.

Lü, J., and Ji, Q., 2005,  New Pterodactyloid Pterosaur from the Yixian Formation of Western Liaoning. Geological Review 51 (4): 458-462.