Cathayopterus

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"Cathayopterus" is the informal name for a pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous-age Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China. It is described as a ctenochasmatid, a member of the group of pterosaurian filter-feeders. The suggested "type species" is "C. grabaui."[1]

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  1. ^ Xiaolin, Wang; and Zhonghe, Zhou (2006). "Pterosaur assemblages of the Jehol Biota and their implication for the Early Cretaceous pterosaur radiation". Geological Journal 41 (3-4): 405–418. doi:10.1002/gj.1046. 
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