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Zhenyuanopterus

Zhenyuanopterus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 124.6 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Family: Boreopteridae
Genus: Zhenyuanopterus
Lü, 2010
Species: Z. longirostris
Binomial name
Zhenyuanopterus longirostris
Lü, 2010

Zhenyuanopterus is a genus of pterosaur which is known from Lower Cretaceous (early Aptian) Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China.

It has been suggested that Zhenyuanopterus foraged while swimming, trapping prey within its needle-like teeth, a method similar to that of modern Platanista river dolphins, which display a similar dentition.

It has been often suggested that this animal is actually the adult of its close relative Boreopterus, which is known to be a juvenile.


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