Nicorhynchus
Genus of anhanguerid pterosaur from the Cretaceous period / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nicorhynchus (meaning "knucker snout", in reference to its likely ecology) is a genus of anhanguerid pterosaur from the Cretaceous period. It contains two species, the type species, N. capito, from the Cambridge Greensand of England, and N. fluviferox from the Kem Kem Group of Morocco. These species were previously assigned to Coloborhynchus.[1]
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Nicorhynchus | |
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Holotype jaw fragment of N. capito in multiple views | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
Clade: | †Anhangueria |
Family: | †Anhangueridae |
Subfamily: | †Coloborhynchinae |
Genus: | †Nicorhynchus Holgado & Pêgas, 2020 |
Type species | |
†Ornithocheirus capito Seeley, 1870 | |
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Synonyms | |
Synonyms of N. capito
Synonyms of N. fluviferox
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