Apatorhamphus

Apatorhamphus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian
Holotype specimen of Apatorhamphus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Family: Chaoyangopteridae (?)
Genus: Apatorhamphus
McPhee et al., 2020
Type species
Apatorhamphus gyrostega
McPhee et al., 2020

Apatorhamphus is an extinct genus of azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Kem Kem Group of Morocco. It might have been part of the Chaoyangopteridae.[1] It is only known from a few snout fragments and it likely had a wingspan of between 3–7 metres (9.8–23.0 ft)

  1. ^ McPhee, James; Ibrahim, Nizar; Kao, Alex; Unwin, David M.; Smith, Roy; Martill, David M. (2020). "A new ?chaoyangopterid (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) from the Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of Southern Morocco". Cretaceous Research. 110: Article 104410. Bibcode:2020CrRes.11004410M. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104410. S2CID 213739173.