AfricaAzhdarchoideaBreviquartossaCaelidraconesCenomanianChaoyangopteridaeEupterodactyloideaLate CretaceousLophocratiaMacronychopteraMonofenestrataNeoazhdarchiaNeopterodactyloideaNovialoideaOrnithocheiroideaPterodactyliformesPterodactyloideaPterodactylomorphaPterosauriaZambellisauria

Apatorhamphus gyrostega

Pterosaur: Apatorhamphus gyrostega

Meters Feet
Wingspan*: 3.70 m 12.1 ft
*The largest known specimen

ESR: 2 / 4 (estimated size reliability)

Period

Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Cenomanian

Details

Status: valid
Autor: McPhee et al.
Year: 2020
Area: Africa
Country: Morocco
Region: Oriental
Formation: Kem Kem Beds

Classification

Pterosauria
Zambellisauria
Macronychoptera
Novialoidea
Breviquartossa
Pterodactylomorpha
Monofenestrata
Pterodactyliformes
Caelidracones
Pterodactyloidea
Lophocratia
Eupterodactyloidea
Ornithocheiroidea
Azhdarchoidea
Neoazhdarchia
Neopterodactyloidea
Chaoyangopteridae


Other

Material: Snout fragment, referred other fragments (several individuals).
References: McPhee, James; Ibrahim, Nizar; Kao, Alex; Unwin, David M.; Smith, Roy; Martill, David M. (2020). "A new chaoyangopterid (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) from the Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of Southern Morocco".

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