Cathayopterus
Genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cathayopterus is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous-age Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China. The name means "China wing", using the word "Cathay" as an old alternative name for China. The type species is C. grabaui, described in 2006 by Wang Xiaolin and Zhou Zhongh. It is a member of the Ctenochasmatidae, a clade of mostly filter feeding pterosaurs from the Jurassic and early Cretaceous.[1][2]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
Family: | †Ctenochasmatidae |
Genus: | †Cathayopterus Wang & Zhou, 2006 |
Type species | |
†Cathayopterus grabaui Wang & Zhou, 2006 |
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