Lower Cretaceous Period

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Chaoyangopterus zhangi

A near complete skeleton identifies as a Azhdarchid pterosaur, having four wing digits and well-developed manual digits I-III.  This specimen comes from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Western Liaoning Province, China.

Holotype: IVPP V 13397  Partial skeleton including anterior skull and lower jaw.

Wang X-L. and Zhou Z-H., 2003, Two new pterodactyloid pterosaurs from the early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Western Liaoning, China. Vertebrata palasiatica Vol. 41, No. 1, p34-41.

Lu, J., and Ji, Q., 2006, Preliminary results of a phylogenetic analysis of the pterosaurs from western Liaoning and surrounding areas. Journal of the Paleontological Society of Korea 22(1): p. 239-261