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Boreopteridae (meaning "northern wings") is a
group of
pterodactyloid pterosaurs from the Aptian-age
Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China...
- eye
socket is in the
shape of an
inverted triangle.
Typical of the
Boreopteridae,
Zhenyuanopterus had a long
snout filled with needle-like teeth, which...
- to be the
sister taxon of
Feilongus (together
forming the new
family Boreopteridae) in a more
basal position than Haopterus. In 2013, a more comprehensive...
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membership in this clade. In
their analysis, they also
included the
family Boreopteridae within the
clade Anhangueria,
though placed in a more
basal position...
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Pteranodontia contained many
piscivorous taxa, such as the Ornithocheirae,
Boreopteridae,
Pteranodontidae and Nyctosauridae.
Niche partitioning caused ornithocheirans...
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Boreopteridae Boreopterus Zhenyuanopterus...
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Boreopteridae Boreopterus Zhenyuanopterus...
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Boreopteridae Boreopterus Zhenyuanopterus...
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Boreopteridae Boreopterus Zhenyuanopterus...
- tip of the jaws. In 2006, Lü
Junchang and
colleagues named the
clade Boreopteridae for the
clade containing the
common ancestor of
Boreopterus and Feilongus...
