| Yixianopterus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
| Clade: | †Istiodactyliformes |
| Genus: | †Yixianopterus Lü et al., 2006 |
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| †Yixianopterus jingangshanensis Lü et al., 2006
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Yixianopterus is a pterodactyloid pterosaur genus from the Barremian-Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China. It is known from a single specimen, holotype JZMP-V-12, housed at the Benxi Geological Museum. This specimen was modified before acquisition, with much of the skull being fabricated.[1] The Jinggangshan bedding in which the specimen was found is basaltic with siliciclastic sediments.[2] Many organisms associated with this layer of the Yixian Formation are aquatic, indicating a marine environment with much volcanic activity.
- ^ Shun-Xing, Jiang; Xin-Jun, Zhang; Xin, Cheng; Xiao-Lin, Wang. "A new pteranodontoid pterosaur forelimb from upper Yixian Formation, with a revision of Yixianopterus jingangshanesis". Vertebrata PalAsistica. 59 (2): 81–94.
- ^ Qin, Zuohuan; Xi, Dangpeng; Shi, Zhongye; Xu, Yankang; Wei, Feng; Yu, Zhiqiang; Wu, Baoxu; Wan, Xiaoqiao (January 4, 2019). "Lagerstätte fossils from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of the Pingquan Basin, North China: stratigraphical correlation and palaeoenvironmental implications". Lethaia. 52 (3): 335–349. doi:10.1111/let.12315.