Where: Khouribga, Morocco (32.9° N, 6.6° W: paleocoordinates 24.8° N, 7.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Member (Couche III Formation), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; phosphorite
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: N. R. Longrich, D. M. Martill, and B. Andres. 2018. Late Maastrichtian pterosaurs from North Africa and mass extinction of Pterosauria at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. PLoS Biology 16(3):e2001663:1-38 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 193774: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 05.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Azhdarchidae indet. pterosaur FSAC-OB 14; also listed as aff. Quetzalcoatlus, but this isn't supported by the authors' phylogenetic analysis
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Tethydraco regalis n. gen. n. sp.
Tethydraco regalis n. gen. n. sp. Longrich et al. 2018 pterosaur FSAC-OB 1 - holotype; referred material: FSAC-OB 199-202
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Alcione elainus n. gen. n. sp.
Alcione elainus n. gen. n. sp. Longrich et al. 2018 pterosaur FSAC-OB 2 - holotype; referred material: FSAC-OB 4, 156 and 217
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Barbaridactylus grandis n. gen. n. sp.
Barbaridactylus grandis n. gen. n. sp. Longrich et al. 2018 pterosaur FSAC-OB 232 - holotype; referred material: FSAC-OB 8-10
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Simurghia robusta n. gen. n. sp.
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