Eopteranodon
Eopteranodon | |
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Holotype specimen
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
Family: | †Tapejaridae |
Subfamily: | † Sinopterinae
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Genus: | †Eopteranodon Lü & Zhang, 2005 |
Type species | |
†Eopteranodon lii Lü & Zhang, 2005
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Other species | |
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Eopteranodon (meaning "dawn
Description
Eopteranodon is based on the
Classification
Despite its similarities to Pteranodon, Eopteranodon was not placed into a
However, in 2014, in an analysis by Brian Andres and colleagues, Eopteranodon was recovered as a basal member of the clade
Topology 1: Andres et al. (2014).
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Topology 2: Kellner et al. (2019).
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See also
References
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- ^ a b Lü, J.C.; B.K. Zhang (2005). "New pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning". Geological Review. 51 (4): 458–462.
- ^ Lü, Junchang; Qiang Ji (2006). "Preliminary results of a phylogenetic analysis of the pterosaurs from western Liaoning and surrounding area" (PDF). Journal of the Paleontological Society of Korea. 22 (1): 239–261. Retrieved 2007-03-10.
- ^ Lü, J., Unwin, D.M., Xu, L., and Zhang, X. (2008). "A new azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China and its implications for pterosaur phylogeny and evolution." Naturwissenschaften
- PMID 24768054.
- PMID 28950013.
- PMID 31432888.
External links
- Eopteranodon in The Pterosauria