 This opinion was restated by him in 2005.In 2006 Lü Junchang published a cladistic analysis showing "Liaoningopterus" to be a basal member of the Anhangueridae; in 2008 an analysis by Ji Qiang had "Liaoningopterus" in a trichotomy with "Anhanguera" and "Tropeognathus".Below is a cladogram showing the phylogenetic placement of this genus within Ornithocheirae from Andres and Myers (2013).