Genus
Valid Extinct

Coloborhynchus

Owen 1874
Etymology Museau rabougri

Coloborhynchus is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur belonging to the family Anhangueridae, though it has also been recovered as a member of the Ornithocheiridae in some studies. Coloborhynchus is known from the Lower Cretaceous of England, and depending on which species are included, possibly the Albian and Cenomanian ages as well. Coloborhynchus was once thought to be the largest known toothed pterosaur, however, a specimen of the closely related Tropeognathus is now thought to have had a larger wingspan.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
5
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Coloborhynchus
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Holotype specimen (NHMUK PV R1822) of the coloborhynchine anhanguerid Coloborhynchus. © Borja Holgado and Rodrigo V. Pêgas · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Pteranodontia Unranked clade
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Ornithocheiroidea Superfamily
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Anhangueridae Family
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Coloborhynchinae Subfamily
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Coloborhynchus Genus
Measurements
Wingspan
7 m ⓘ
Fossil sites 5 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇦 Morocco
3
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
2
Geological formations
Wessex
1
Ifezouane
1
Temporal distribution
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
3
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
1
Valanginian (137.05–132.6 Ma)
1
Species (2)
Coloborhynchus clavirostris 139 Ma
Coloborhynchus moroccensis 101 Ma
Synonyms (1)
Amblydectes subjective synonym of Coloborhynchus
Images 3
Bibliography
Original description
R. Owen. 1874. The fossil Reptilia of the Mesozoic formations. Part 1. Pterosauria. Palaeontographical Society Monographs 27(126):1-14 DOI ↗
Bibliography (5)
M. L. Jacobs, D. M. Martill, and D. M. Unwin, N. Ibrahim, S. Zouhri, N. R. Longrich. 2020. New toothed pterosaurs (Pterosauria: Ornithocheiridae) from the middle Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of Morocco and implications for pterosaur palaeobiogeography and diversity. Cretaceous Research 110:104413 DOI ↗
D. M. Martill. 2015. First occurrence of the pterosaur Coloborhynchus (Pterosauria, Ornithocheiridae) from the Wessex Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of the Isle of Wight, England. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association DOI ↗
N. Ibrahim, D. M. Unwin, and D. M. Martill, L. Baidder, S. Zouhri. 2010. A new pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea: Azharchidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Morocco. PLoS One 5(5):e10875 DOI ↗
B. J. Mader and A. W. A. Kellner. 1999. A new anhanguerid pterosaur from the Cretaceous of Morocco. Boletim do Museu Nacional - Geologia 45:1-11
R. Owen. 1874. The fossil Reptilia of the Mesozoic formations. Part 1. Pterosauria. Palaeontographical Society Monographs 27(126):1-14 DOI ↗