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Tropeognathine
Anhangueridae (alternatively called Ornithocheiridae, meaning "bird hands") is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea. These pterosaurs were among the last to possess teeth. Members that belong to this group lived from the Early to Late Cretaceous periods (Valanginian to Turonian stages), around 140 to 90 million years ago. Anhanguerids are generally infamous for having an enormously controversial and very confusing taxonomy. Although agreements that these animals were related, and therefore similar to istiodactylids and pteranodontians, there is still no virtual consensus over the exact content and interrelationships of this group. Anhanguerids were the most successful pterosaurs during their reign, and were also the largest pterosaurs before the appearance of the azhdarchids such as ''Quetzalcoatlus''. Anhanguerids were excellent fish hunters, using various flight techniques to catch their prey, and were also capable of flying great distances without flappi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akharhynchus
''Akharhynchus'' (meaning "another snout") is an extinct genus of tropeognathine pteranodontoid pterosaurs possibly from the Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of Morocco. The genus contains a single species, ''A. martilli'', known from a small fragment of the premaxillae. Discovery and naming The ''Akharhynchus'' holotype specimen, FSAC-KK 12500, was collected by a commercial fossil dealer from an indeterminate locality in sediments of the Kem Kem Group near Tafilalt, Morocco. Based on the matrix it is preserved in and comparisons with other specimens, it presumably originates from the upper Ifezouane Formation, like many other Kem Kem pterosaurs. The specimen consists of a small broken premaxilla fragment. In 2024, Jacobs, Smith & Zouhri described ''Akharhynchus martilli'' as a new genus and species of tropeognathine pterosaurs based on this fragmentary specimen. The generic name, ''Akharhynchus'', combines the Arabic word ''akhar'', meaning "another", with the Greek word ''rynch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
