Genus
Valid Extinct

Beipiaopterus

Lü 2003
Etymology Aile de Beipiao

Beipiaopterus is a genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous period of what is now the Yixian Formation of the China.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Beipiaopterus
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Skeletal reconstruction of Beipiaopterus chenianus. © Jaime A. Headden (User:Qilong) · CC BY 3.0 · 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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Beipiaopterus 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)
Beipiaopterus chenianus 126 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
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
Bibliography (1)
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