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Beipiaopterus ✝

Description

Beipiaopterus is a genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur (flying reptile) from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation (Aptian) in the People's Republic of China.


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beipiaopterus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4818465https://www.gbif.org/species/4818465
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)138750https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=138750
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria : Ctenochasmatidae : Beipiaopterus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria : Beipiaopterus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
informalAvemetatarsaliaBenton 1999
-OrnithodiraGauthier 1986
-PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
-Pterosauria
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
-LophocratiaUnwin 2003
genusBeipiaopterusLu 2003
Scientific NameBeipiaopterus Lu, 2003
Name Published InMem Fukui Prefect Dinosaur Mus 2, March
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Beipiaopterusgenusbelongs to Ctenochasmatidaestated with evidenceLü, 2003
Beipiaopterusgenusbelongs to Ctenochasmatidaestated without evidenceWang and Zhou, 2006
Beipiaopterusgenusbelongs to Lophocratiastated with evidenceAndres et al., 2014
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance129 - 122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance129 - 122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Pterosauria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietpiscivore (based on Pterosauria)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J.-C. Lü. 2003. A new pterosaur: Beipiaopterus chenianus, gen. et sp. nov. (Reptilia: Pterosauria) from western Liaoning Province of China. Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum 2:153-160
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beipiaopterus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Beipiaopterus chenianus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1129 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		129 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2003Beipiaopterus Lü
2006Beipiaopterus Wang and Zhou p. 406
2008Beipiaopterus Wang and Dong
2014Beipiaopterus Andres et al.

References

Lü J.-C. (2003) A new pterosaur: Beipiaopterus chenianus, gen. et sp. nov. (Reptilia: Pterosauria) from western Liaoning Province of China, Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum 2, 153-160
Wang X., Zhou Z. (2006) Pterosaur assemblages of the Jehol Biota and their implication for the Early Cretaceous pterosaur radiation, Geological Journal 41 3-4, 405-418
Wang X., Dong Z. (2008) Order Pterosauria, The Chinese fossil reptiles and their kin, 215-234
Andres B., Clark J., et al (2014) The earliest pterodactyloid and the origin of the group, Current Biology 24, 1-6
GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Lü, J.-C. (2003). A new pterosaur: Beipiaopterus chenianus, gen. et. sp. nov. (Reptilia: Pterosauria) from western Liaoning Province of China. Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, 2, 153-160 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Mem Fukui Prefect Dinosaur Mus 2, March - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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