Nicorhynchus fluviferox Jacobs et al. 2019 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Anhangueridae

Alternative combination: Coloborhynchus fluviferox

Full reference: M. L. Jacobs, D. M. Martill, N. Ibrahim and N. Longrich. 2019. A new species of Coloborhynchus (Pterosauria, Ornithocheiridae) from the mid-Cretaceous of North Africa. Cretaceous Research 95:77-88

Belongs to Nicorhynchus according to B. Holgado and R. V. Pegas 2020

See also Jacobs et al. 2019

Sister taxon: Nicorhynchus capito

Type specimen: FSAC-KK 10701, a partial skull (an anterior rostrum displaying the alveoli of the first, second and partial third tooth pairs). Its type locality is Aferdou N'Chaft, which is in a Cenomanian fluvial sandstone in the Ifezouane Formation of Morocco.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Aferdou N'Chaft

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