Coloborhynchus
Genus of anhanguerid pterosaur from the Cretaceous period / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Coloborhynchus is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur belonging to the family Anhangueridae, though it has also been recovered as a member of the Ornithocheiridae in some studies. Coloborhynchus is known from the Lower Cretaceous of England (Valanginian age, 140 to 136 million years ago),[1] and depending on which species are included, possibly the Albian and Cenomanian ages (113 to 93.9 million years ago) as well. Coloborhynchus was once thought to be the largest known toothed pterosaur,[2] however, a specimen of the closely related Tropeognathus is now thought to have had a larger wingspan.[3]
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Holotype jaw fragment of C. clavirostris in multiple views | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
Clade: | †Ornithocheirae |
Genus: | †Coloborhynchus Owen, 1874 |
Type species | |
†Coloborhynchus clavirostris Owen, 1874 | |
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