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Gegepterus, the Glossary

Gegepterus is a genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous period of what is now the Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China.^[1]

36 relations: Alexander Kellner, Beak, Beipiao, Beipiaopterus, China, Cladogram, Ctenochasma, Ctenochasmatidae, Early Cretaceous, Elanodactylus, Eosipterus, Feilongus, Gastralia, Genus, Gnathosaurus, Holotype, Huanhepterus, International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, Juvenile (organism), Kepodactylus, Liaoning, List of pterosaur genera, List of rock formations, Manchu language, Moganopterus, Plataleorhynchus, Pterodaustro, Pterosaur, Shale, Shoulder girdle, Specific name (zoology), Timeline of pterosaur research, Tooth, Type species, Vertebra, Yixian Formation.
Ctenochasmatoids
Early Cretaceous pterosaurs of Asia

Alexander Kellner

Alexander Wilhelm Armin Kellner (born September 26, 1961) is a Brazilian geologist and paleontologist who is a leading expert in the field of studying pterosaurs. Gegepterus and Alexander Kellner are taxa named by Alexander Kellner.

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Beak

The beak, bill, or rostrum is an external anatomical structure found mostly in birds, but also in turtles, non-avian dinosaurs and a few mammals.

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Beipiao

Beipiao is a city in Chaoyang prefecture, Liaoning province, in Northeast China.

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Beipiaopterus

Beipiaopterus is a genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous period (Aptian stage) of what is now the Yixian Formation of the China. Gegepterus and Beipiaopterus are Ctenochasmatoids, early Cretaceous pterosaurs of Asia and Yixian fauna.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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Cladogram

A cladogram (from Greek clados "branch" and gramma "character") is a diagram used in cladistics to show relations among organisms.

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Ctenochasma

Ctenochasma (meaning "comb jaw") is a genus of Late Jurassic ctenochasmatid pterosaur belonging to the suborder Pterodactyloidea. Gegepterus and ctenochasma are Ctenochasmatoids.

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Ctenochasmatidae

Ctenochasmatidae is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea. Gegepterus and Ctenochasmatidae are Ctenochasmatoids.

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Early Cretaceous

The Early Cretaceous (geochronological name) or the Lower Cretaceous (chronostratigraphic name) is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous.

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Elanodactylus

Elanodactylus (meaning "Kite finger") is a genus of ctenochasmatid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous period (early Aptian stage) of what is now the Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China. Gegepterus and Elanodactylus are Ctenochasmatoids, early Cretaceous pterosaurs of Asia and Yixian fauna.

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Eosipterus

Eosipterus is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous period of Liaoning, China. Gegepterus and Eosipterus are Ctenochasmatoids, early Cretaceous pterosaurs of Asia and Yixian fauna.

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Feilongus

Feilongus is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Barremian–Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Beipiao, Liaoning, China. Gegepterus and Feilongus are Ctenochasmatoids, early Cretaceous pterosaurs of Asia, taxa named by Alexander Kellner and Yixian fauna.

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Gastralia

Gastralia (gastralium) are dermal bones found in the ventral body wall of modern crocodilians and tuatara, and many prehistoric tetrapods.

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Genus

Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.

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Gnathosaurus

Gnathosaurus (meaning "jawed lizard") is a genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur containing two species: G. subulatus, named in 1833 from the Solnhofen Limestone of Germany, and G. macrurus, known from the Purbeck Limestone of the UK. Gegepterus and Gnathosaurus are Ctenochasmatoids.

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Holotype

A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described.

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Huanhepterus

Huanhepterus is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous period of what is now Qingyang, Gansu, China. Gegepterus and Huanhepterus are Ctenochasmatoids and early Cretaceous pterosaurs of Asia.

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International Code of Zoological Nomenclature

The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) is a widely accepted convention in zoology that rules the formal scientific naming of organisms treated as animals.

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Juvenile (organism)

A juvenile is an individual organism (especially an animal) that has not yet reached its adult form, sexual maturity or size.

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Kepodactylus

Kepodactylus is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Kimmeridgian-Tithonian-age Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Colorado, United States. Gegepterus and Kepodactylus are Ctenochasmatoids.

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Liaoning

Liaoning is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region.

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List of pterosaur genera

This list of pterosaurs is a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the order Pterosauria, excluding purely vernacular terms.

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List of rock formations

A rock formation is an isolated, scenic, or spectacular surface rock outcrop.

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Manchu language

Manchu (Manchu:, Romanization) is a critically endangered East Asian Tungusic language native to the historical region of Manchuria in Northeast China.

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Moganopterus

Moganopterus is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of western Liaoning Province, China. Gegepterus and Moganopterus are Ctenochasmatoids, early Cretaceous pterosaurs of Asia and Yixian fauna.

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Plataleorhynchus

Plataleorhynchus is a genus of ctenochasmatid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous periods (Tithonian to Berriasian stages) of what is now the Purbeck Limestone of Dorset, England. Gegepterus and Plataleorhynchus are Ctenochasmatoids.

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Pterodaustro

Pterodaustro is a genus of ctenochasmatid pterodactyloid pterosaur from South America. Gegepterus and Pterodaustro are Ctenochasmatoids.

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Pterosaur

Pterosaurs (from Greek pteron and sauros, meaning "wing lizard") are an extinct clade of flying reptiles in the order Pterosauria.

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Shale

Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock formed from mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al2Si2O5(OH)4) and tiny fragments (silt-sized particles) of other minerals, especially quartz and calcite.

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Shoulder girdle

The shoulder girdle or pectoral girdle is the set of bones in the appendicular skeleton which connects to the arm on each side.

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Specific name (zoology)

In zoological nomenclature, the specific name (also specific epithet, species epithet, or epitheton) is the second part (the second name) within the scientific name of a species (a binomen).

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Timeline of pterosaur research

This timeline of pterosaur research is a chronologically ordered list of important fossil discoveries, controversies of interpretation, and taxonomic revisions of pterosaurs, the famed flying reptiles of the Mesozoic era.

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Tooth

A tooth (teeth) is a hard, calcified structure found in the jaws (or mouths) of many vertebrates and used to break down food.

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Type species

In zoological nomenclature, a type species (species typica) is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen (or specimens).

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Vertebra

Each vertebra (vertebrae) is an irregular bone with a complex structure composed of bone and some hyaline cartilage, that make up the vertebral column or spine, of vertebrates.

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Yixian Formation

The Yixian Formation (formerly transcribed as Yihsien Formation) is a geological formation in Jinzhou, Liaoning, People's Republic of China, that spans the late Barremian and early Aptian stages of the Early Cretaceous.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gegepterus

Also known as Gegepterus changi.

Gegepterus, the Glossary

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See also

Ctenochasmatoids

Early Cretaceous pterosaurs of Asia

References