Xericeps

Xericeps
Temporal range: Cenomanian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Clade: Neoazhdarchia
Genus: Xericeps
Martill et al., 2018
Type species
Xericeps curvirostris
Martill et al., 2018

Xericeps is a genus of pterosaur from the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous. It was discovered from the Kem Kem Beds of southeastern Morocco.

The name Xericeps comes from the Ancient Greek: ξερός - meaning dry, referencing the Sahara Desert, in which the pterosaur was first found, and the Latin: cep from capere, meaning "to catch" - alluding to the creature's forceps-like beak.[1]

  1. ^ Martill, David M.; Unwin, David M.; Ibrahim, Nizar; Longrich, Nick (2018). "A new edentulous pterosaur from the Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of south eastern Morocco". Cretaceous Research. 84: 1–12. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.09.006. hdl:2381/41058.