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Coloborhynchus moroccensis

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Anhangueridae

Taxonomy
Siroccopteryx moroccensis was named by Mader and Kellner (1999). Its type specimen is LINHM 016, a partial skull (Anterior part of upper jaw with teeth), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Beg'aa, west of Hamada du Guir, which is in a Cenomanian fluvial sandstone in Morocco.

It was recombined as Coloborhynchus moroccensis by Unwin (2001), Unwin (2003), Ibrahim et al. (2010), Martill and Unwin (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Siroccopteryx moroccensis Mader and Kellner p. 2 figs. 2-3
2001Coloborhynchus moroccensis Unwin
2003Coloborhynchus moroccensis Unwin p. 145
2008Siroccopteryx moroccensis Rodrigues and Kellner
2010Coloborhynchus moroccensis Ibrahim et al. p. 1
2011Coloborhynchus moroccensis Martill and Unwin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
orderPterosauriaKaup 1834
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
—Pteranodontia()
superfamilyOrnithocheiroideaSeeley 1870
familyAnhangueridae
subfamilyColoborhynchinaeHolgado et al. 2019
genusColoborhynchus
speciesmoroccensis()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Coloborhynchus moroccensis Mader and Kellner 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: piscivoreo
Created: 2009-01-04 11:38:30
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:23
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Padian 1985, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) Coloborhynchus moroccensis (96222) Siroccopteryx moroccensis (type locality: 90077)