Inabtanin

Inabtanin
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Late Maastrichtian
Skeletal reconstruction
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Clade: Ornithocheiroidea
Clade: Azhdarchoidea
Genus: Inabtanin
Rosenbach et al., 2024
Species:
I. alarabia
Binomial name
Inabtanin alarabia
Rosenbach et al., 2024

Inabtanin is an extinct genus of azhdarchoid pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Muwaqqar Formation of Jordan. The genus contains a single species, I. alarabia, known from a partial skeleton. Inabtanin represents one of the most complete pterosaur taxa known from the Afro-Arabia region.[1]

  1. ^ Rosenbach, K. L.; Goodvin, D. M.; Albshysh, M. G.; Azzam, H. A.; Smadi, A. A.; Mustafa, H. A.; Zalmout, I. S. A.; Wilson Mantilla, J. A. (2024). "New pterosaur remains from the Late Cretaceous of Afro-Arabia provide insight into flight capacity of large pterosaurs". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. e2385068. doi:10.1080/02724634.2024.2385068.