Eosipterus

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Eosipterus
Fossil range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Family: Ctenochasmatidae
Genus: Eosipterus
Species: E. yangi
Binomial name
Eosipterus yangi
Ji & Ji, 1997

Eosipterus is an extinct genus of pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning, China.

Its name is Greek (with a grammar error) for "dawn wing" or "east wing".

[edit] In popular culture

In ITV's Prehistoric Park, a flock of Eosipterus is fishing at a freshwater lake.

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