Apatorhamphus gyrostega McPhee et al. 2020 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Chaoyangopteridae

Full reference: J. McPhee, N. Ibrahim, A. Kao, D. M. Unwin, R. Smith and D. M. Martill. 2020. A new ?chaoyangopterid (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) from the Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of southern Morocco. Cretaceous Research 110:104410

Belongs to Apatorhamphus according to J. McPhee et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: FSAC-KK 5010, a partial skull (Partial probable premaxilla). Its type locality is Aferdou N'Chaft, which is in a Cenomanian fluvial sandstone in the Ifezouane Formation of Morocco.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Morocco (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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