Genus
Valid Extinct

Eopteranodon

Lü and Zhang 2005

Eopteranodon is a genus of tapejarid pterosaur from the Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Beipiao City, Liaoning, China. The genus was named in 2005 by paleontologists Lü Junchang and Zhang Xingliao. The type species is Eopteranodon lii. A second species, E. yixianensis, was named in 2023, but its validity has been questioned.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Eopteranodon
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Eopteranodon lii holotype (BPV 078). (A) Counterpart; (B) main part. (C and D) Respective schematic drawings. Abbreviations: cv, cervical vertebra; co, coracoid; d1–d4, digits 1–4; fe, femur; fi, fibula; h, humerus; j, jugal; mand, mandible; mc, metacarpal; pmc, premaxillary crest; pe, pelvis; ph, phalanx; ti, tibia; ul, ulna; rad, radius. Scale bars: C, 50 mm; D, 10 mm. © Rodrigo V. Pêgas1, Xuanyu Zhou, Xingsheng Jin, Kai Wang, Waisum Ma · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Azhdarchoidea Superfamily
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Eopteranodon Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
2
Geological formations
Yixian
2
Temporal distribution
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Eopteranodon lii 126 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
J. Lü and B. Zhang. 2005. New pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Yixian Formation of Western Liaoning. Geological Review 51(4):458-462
Bibliography (2)
X. Zhang, S. Jiang, and AWA Kellner, X. Cheng, FR Costa, X. Wang. 2023. A new species of Eopteranodon (Pterodactyloidea, Tapejaridae) from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China. Cretaceous Research 149 DOI ↗
J.-C. Lü, C.-L. Gao, and J.-Y. Liu, Q.-J. Meng, Q. Ji. 2006. New material of the pterosaur Eopteranodon from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation, western Liaoning, China. Geological Bulletin of China 25(5):565-571