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Afrotapejara zouhri

Osteichthyes - Pterosauria - Tapejaridae

Taxonomy
Afrotapejara zouhri was named by Martill et al. (2020). Its type specimen is FSAC-KK 5004, a partial skull (Portion of snout), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lamaaka, which is in an Albian/Cenomanian fluvial horizon in Morocco. It is the type species of Afrotapejara.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Afrotapejara zouhri Martill et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
orderPterosauriaKaup 1834
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
superfamilyAzhdarchoideaUnwin 1992
—Neoazhdarchia
superfamilyTapejaroideaKellner 1989
familyTapejaridae
genusAfrotapejara
specieszouhri

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Afrotapejara zouhri Martill et al. 2020
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volantf
Diet: frugivoref
Created: 2009-01-05 17:55:32
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:55:32
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Padian 1985, Hendy et al. 2009, Wang and Zhou 2006

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) Afrotapejara zouhri (type locality: 208784)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) Tapejaridae indet. (90076)