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Nicorhynchus fluviferox

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Anhangueridae

Taxonomy
Coloborhynchus fluviferox was named by Jacobs et al. (2019). Its type specimen is FSAC-KK 10701, a partial skull (an anterior rostrum displaying the alveoli of the first, second and partial third tooth pairs), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aferdou N'Chaft, which is in a Cenomanian fluvial sandstone in the Ifezouane Formation of Morocco.

It was recombined as Nicorhynchus fluviferox by Holgado and Pegas (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Coloborhynchus fluviferox Jacobs et al.
2020Nicorhynchus fluviferox Holgado and Pegas

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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
genusNicorhynchus
speciesfluviferox()

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.

†Nicorhynchus fluviferox Jacobs et al. 2019
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Padian 1985, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) Coloborhynchus fluviferox (type locality: 209058)