Named By: | Dong Zhiming & Lu Junchang in 2005 |
Time Period: | Early Cretaceous, 120 Ma |
Location: | China, Liaoning Province, Jiufotang Formation |
Size: | Uncertain due to incomplete material |
Diet: | Possibly a piscivore |
Fossil(s): | Almost complete mandible (lower jaw) |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Pterosauria | Pterodactyloidea | Istiodactylidae | |
Also known as: | | Nurhachius | |
Liaoxipterus is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Barremian-Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Chaoyang, Liaoning, China. The type species is Liaoxipterus brachyognathus. The genus name is derived from the discovery locality Liaoxi and a Latinised Greek pteron, "wing". The specific name is derived from Greek brachys, "short" and gnathos, "jaw".