Coloborhynchus Owen 1874 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Anhangueridae

Synonym: Amblydectes Hooley 1914

Full reference: R. Owen. 1874. The fossil Reptilia of the Mesozoic formations. Part 1. Pterosauria. Palaeontographical Society Monographs 27(126):1-14

Parent taxon: Coloborhynchinae according to B. Holgado and R. V. Pegas 2020

See also Andres et al. 2014, Andres and Myers 2013, Charig 1967, Fastnacht 2001, Ibrahim et al. 2010, Jacobs et al. 2019, Lee 1994, Martill 2015, Martill and Unwin 2011, Rodrigues and Kellner 2008, Rodrigues and Kellner 2013, Unwin 2001, Unwin 2003, Veldmeijer 2003 and Zittel 1890

Sister taxa: Aerodraco, Nicorhynchus, Uktenadactylus

Subtaxa: Coloborhynchus clavirostris Coloborhynchus moroccensis

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Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Morocco (3 collections), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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