Xericeps
Genus of azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Xericeps is a genus of pterosaur from the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous. It was discovered from the Kem Kem Beds of southeastern Morocco.
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Xericeps | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
Clade: | †Neoazhdarchia |
Genus: | †Xericeps Martill et al., 2018 |
Type species | |
†Xericeps curvirostris Martill et al., 2018 |
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The name Xericeps comes from the Ancient Greek: ξερός - meaning dry, referencing the Sahara Desert, in which the pterosaur was first found, and the Latin: cep from capere, meaning "to catch" - alluding to the creature's forceps-like beak.[1]