Liaodactylus information

Liaodactylus; Temporal range: Oxfordian, 160 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Holotype skull of Liaodactylus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Pterosauria
Suborder:	†Pterodactyloidea
Family:	†Ctenochasmatidae
Genus:	†Liaodactylus; Zhou et al., 2017
Type species
	†Liaodactylus primus; Zhou et al., 2017

Liaodactylus is a genus of filter-feeding ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Jurassic of China. The genus contains one species, L. primus, described by Zhou et al. in 2017. As an adaptation to filter-feeding, Liaodactylus had approximately 150 long, comb-like teeth packed closely together. It is both the earliest known ctenochasmatid and the first filter-feeding pterosaur from the Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation. Later and more specialized ctenochasmatids differ from Liaodactylus in having longer snouts, smaller openings (or fenestrae) in the skull, and more teeth. Within the Ctenochasmatidae, Liaodactylus was most closely related to the European Ctenochasma.

Liaodactylus information

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Liaodactylus

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Tropeognathinae

Hatzegopteryx

Nemicolopterus

Ctenochasmatidae

Azhdarchidae

Pteranodon

Ceoptera

Tapejaridae

Tropeognathus

Lusognathus

Rhamphorhynchus

Dsungaripterus

Dimorphodon

Anurognathidae

Pterodactyloidea

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Petrodactyle

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Cryodrakon

Caiuajara

Pterodaustro

Cearadactylus

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Liaodactylus Temporal range: Oxfordian, 160 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓

Holotype skull of Liaodactylus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Pterosauria
Suborder:	†Pterodactyloidea
Family:	†Ctenochasmatidae
Genus:	†Liaodactylus Zhou et al., 2017
Type species
†Liaodactylus primus Zhou et al., 2017