Genus
Valid Extinct

Afrotapejara

Martill et al. 2020

Afrotapejara is an extinct genus of tapejarid pterosaur discovered in Morocco. The type species, Afrotapejara zouhri, was named and described in 2020. It was the first tapejarid discovered in Africa and the fourth pterosaur discovered in the Kem Kem Beds.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Ptérosaures
Frugivore Volant Marine
Afrotapejara
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Fragment of the mandibular symphysis of a tapejarid pterosaur (BSP 1997 I 67) from the Kem Kem Group in (A) ?left lateral, (B) ?right lateral and (C) dorsal (occlusal) view. Scale bar equals 5 cm. © Nizar Ibrahim, Paul C. Sereno, David J. Varricchio, David M. Martill, Didier B. Dutheil, David M. Unwin, Lahssen Baidder, Hans C. E. Larsson, Samir Zouhri, Abdelhadi Kaoukaya · 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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Tapejaroidea Superfamily
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Tapejaridae Family
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Afrotapejara Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇦 Morocco
2
Temporal distribution
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Afrotapejara zouhri 106 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
D. M. Martill, R. Smith, and D. M. Unwin, A. Kao, J. McPhee, N. Ibrahim, . 2020. A new tapejarid (Pterosauria, Azhdarchoidea) from the mid-Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of Takmout, southern Morocco. Cretaceous Research 112:104424 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
D. M. Martill, R. Smith, and D. M. Unwin, A. Kao, J. McPhee, N. Ibrahim, . 2020. A new tapejarid (Pterosauria, Azhdarchoidea) from the mid-Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of Takmout, southern Morocco. Cretaceous Research 112:104424 DOI ↗