Reptilia - Pterosauria - Anhangueridae
Alternative combination: Siroccopteryx moroccensis
Full reference: B. J. Mader and A. W. A. Kellner. 1999. A new anhanguerid pterosaur from the Cretaceous of Morocco. Boletim do Museu Nacional - Geologia 45:1-11
Belongs to Coloborhynchus according to D. M. Martill and D. M. Unwin 2011
See also Ibrahim et al. 2010, Mader and Kellner 1999, Rodrigues and Kellner 2008, Unwin 2001 and Unwin 2003
Sister taxon: Coloborhynchus clavirostris
Type specimen: LINHM 016, a partial skull (Anterior part of upper jaw with teeth). Its type locality is Beg'aa, west of Hamada du Guir, which is in a Cenomanian fluvial sandstone in Morocco.
Ecology: volant piscivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Morocco (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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