Nicorhynchus

Nicorhynchus
Temporal range: Albian–Cenomanian, ~105–92.5 Ma
Holotype jaw fragment of N. capito in multiple views
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Pterosauria
Suborder: †Pterodactyloidea
Clade: †Anhangueria
Family: †Anhangueridae
Subfamily: †Coloborhynchinae
Genus: †Nicorhynchus
Holgado & Pêgas, 2020
Type species
†Ornithocheirus capito
Seeley, 1870
Species
  • †N. capito
    (Seeley, 1870)
  • †N. fluviferox
    (Jacobs et al., 2019)
Synonyms
Synonyms of N. capito
Synonyms of N. fluviferox
    • Coloborhynchus fluviferox
      Jacobs et al., 2019

Nicorhynchus (meaning "knucker snout", in reference to its likely ecology) is a genus of anhanguerid pterosaur from the Cretaceous period. It contains two species, the type species, N. capito, from the Cambridge Greensand of England, and N. fluviferox from the Kem Kem Group of Morocco. These species were previously assigned to Coloborhynchus.[1]

  1. ^ Holgado, B.; Pêgas, R.V. (2020). "A taxonomic and phylogenetic review of the anhanguerid pterosaur group Coloborhynchinae and the new clade Tropeognathinae". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 65. doi:10.4202/app.00751.2020.