Siroccopteryx
Genus of anhanguerid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Siroccopteryx is an extinct genus of anhanguerid pterodactyloid pterosaur, known from middle Cretaceous (between the Albian and Cenomanian stages, about 105 million years ago) sediments in modern-day Morocco. Some researchers, such as David M. Unwin, consider the genus a junior synonym of Coloborhynchus.
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Siroccopteryx | |
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Holotype snout fragment | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
Family: | †Anhangueridae |
Subfamily: | †Tropeognathinae |
Genus: | †Siroccopteryx Mader & Kellner, 1999 |
Type species | |
†Siroccopteryx moroccensis Mader & Kellner, 1999 | |
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