Coloborhynchus

Coloborhynchus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 140–136 Ma
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Holotype jaw fragment of C. clavirostris in multiple views
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Pterosauria
Suborder: †Pterodactyloidea
Clade: †Ornithocheirae
Genus: †Coloborhynchus
Owen, 1874
Type species
†Coloborhynchus clavirostris
Owen, 1874
Other species
Synonyms
List of synonyms
  • Genus synonymy
    Synonyms of C. capito
    Synonyms of C. fluviferox
      • Nicorhynchus fluviferox
        (Jacobs et al., 2019)

Coloborhynchus is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur belonging to the family Anhangueridae, though it has also been recovered as a member of the Ornithocheiridae in some studies. Coloborhynchus is known from the Lower Cretaceous of England (Valanginian age, 140 to 136 million years ago),[1] and depending on which species are included, possibly the Albian and Cenomanian ages (113 to 93.9 million years ago) as well. Coloborhynchus was once thought to be the largest known toothed pterosaur,[2] however, a specimen of the closely related Tropeognathus is now thought to have had a larger wingspan.[3]

  1. ^ Rodrigues, T.; Kellner, A. (2013). "Taxonomic review of the Ornithocheirus complex (Pterosauria) from the Cretaceous of England". ZooKeys (308): 1–112. doi:10.3897/zookeys.308.5559. PMC 3689139. PMID 23794925.
  2. ^ Davies, Ella (4 October 2011). "'Ugly' fossil is largest toothed pterosaur". BBC Nature. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference kellneretal2013 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).