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CATHAYOPTERUS
(caf-fay-op-teh-rus)
meaning: "Cathay wing"
Named By: Wand & Zhou in 2006
Time Period: Early Cretaceous, 122 Ma
Location: China, Liaoning Province - Yixian Formation
Size: Information not available at the time of writing
Diet: unavailable
Fossil(s): Barremian of the Cretaceous
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Pterosauria | Pterodactyloidea | Ctenochasmatidae |
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Cathayopterus is a ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous-age Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China. It is a member of the group of pterosaurian filter-feeders. The type species is C. grabaui, described in 2006 by Wang and Zhou.

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