Genus
Valid Extinct

Eosipterus

Ji and Ji 1997
Etymology aile orientale (de Chine)

Eosipterus is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous period of Liaoning, China. Fossil remains dated back to the Aptian stage, 125 million years ago.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Eosipterus
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Holotype of Eosipterus yangi GMV 2117, displaying soft tissue preservation around the hind limbs and/or ankles. © Ross A. Elgin, David W.E. Hone, and Eberhard Frey · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Lophocratia Unranked clade
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Eosipterus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Yixian
1
Temporal distribution
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Eosipterus yangi 126 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
S.-A. Ji and Q. Ji. 1997. The first discovery of a pterosaur from western Liaoning Province (Eosipterus yangi gen. et sp. nov.). Acta Geologica Sinica 71(1):1-6
Bibliography (1)
S.-A. Ji and Q. Ji. 1997. The first discovery of a pterosaur from western Liaoning Province (Eosipterus yangi gen. et sp. nov.). Acta Geologica Sinica 71(1):1-6