| Boreopterids Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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| Skeletal diagram of Zhenyuanopterus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
| Clade: | †Ornithocheiromorpha |
| Clade: | †Lanceodontia |
| Clade: | †Ornithocheiriformes |
| Family: | †Boreopteridae Lü et al., 2006 |
| Type species | |
| †Boreopterus cuiae Lü & Ji, 2005
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Boreopteridae (meaning "northern wings") is a group of pterodactyloid pterosaurs from the Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China.[1]
- ^ Junchang, Lü; Ji, S.; Yuan, C.; Ji, Q. (2006). Pterosaurs from China (in Chinese). Beijing: Geological Publishing House. p. 147 p.