Genus
Valid Extinct

Apatorhamphus

McPhee et al. 2020

Apatorhamphus is an extinct genus of azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Kem Kem Group of Morocco. It might have been part of the Chaoyangopteridae. It is only known from a few snout fragments and it likely had a wingspan of between 3–7 metres (9.8–23.0 ft)

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Apatorhamphus
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Holotype of Apatorhamphus FSAC-KK 5010 © Smith, R.E.; Ibrahim, N.; Longrich, N.; Unwin, D.M.; Jacobs, M.L.; Williams, C.J.; Zouhri, S.; Martill, D.M. · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Azhdarchoidea Superfamily
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Neoazhdarchia Unranked clade
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Chaoyangopteridae Family
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Apatorhamphus Genus
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇦 Morocco
3
Geological formations
Ifezouane
1
Temporal distribution
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
3
Species (1)
Apatorhamphus gyrostega 101 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
J. McPhee, N. Ibrahim, and A. Kao, D. M. Unwin, R. Smith, D. M. Martill. 2020. A new ?chaoyangopterid (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) from the Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of southern Morocco. Cretaceous Research 110:104410 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
J. McPhee, N. Ibrahim, and A. Kao, D. M. Unwin, R. Smith, D. M. Martill. 2020. A new ?chaoyangopterid (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) from the Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of southern Morocco. Cretaceous Research 110:104410 DOI ↗