Afrotapejara

Afrotapejara; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Assigned mandibular symphysis BSP 1997 I 67
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Pterosauria
Suborder:	†Pterodactyloidea
Family:	†Tapejaridae
Genus:	†Afrotapejara; Martill et al., 2020
Type species
	†Afrotapejara zouhri; Martill et al., 2020

Afrotapejara (meaning "African old being") is an extinct genus of tapejarid pterosaur discovered in Morocco. The type species, Afrotapejara zouhri, was named and described in 2020.^[1] It was the first tapejarid discovered in Africa and the fourth pterosaur discovered in the Kem Kem Beds.

^ David M. Martill; Roy Smith; David M. Unwin; Alexander Kao; James McPhee; Nizar Ibrahim (2020). "A new tapejarid (Pterosauria, Azhdarchoidea) from the mid-Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of Takmout, southern Morocco". Cretaceous Research. 112: Article 104424. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104424. S2CID 216303122.

[Martill2020-1] David M. Martill; Roy Smith; David M. Unwin; Alexander Kao; James McPhee; Nizar Ibrahim (2020). "A new tapejarid (Pterosauria, Azhdarchoidea) from the mid-Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of Takmout, southern Morocco". Cretaceous Research. 112: Article 104424. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104424. S2CID 216303122.

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