Apatorhamphus

Name: Apatorhamphus ‭(‬deceptive snout‭)‬.
Phonetic: A-pat-o-ram-pus.
Named By: James McPhee,‭ ‬Nizar Ibrahim,‭ ‬Alex Kao,‭ ‬David M.‭ ‬Unwin,‭ ‬Roy Smith‭ & ‬David M.‭ ‬Martill‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Pterosauria,‭ ‬Pterodactyloidea,‭ ‬Chaoyangopteridae.
Species: A.‭ ‬gyrostega‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Unknown due to lack of fossil remains.
Known locations: Morocco‭ ‬-‭ ‬Kem Kem beds.
Time period: Albian/Cenomanian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial snout.

       Afrotapejara is a genus of pterosaur that lived in North Africa at the time of the Early/Late Cretaceous boundary.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A new‭ ?‬chaoyangopterid‭ (‬Pterosauria:‭ ‬Pterodactyloidea‭) ‬from the Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of Southern Morocco.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Cretaceous Research.‭ ‬110:‭ ‬Article‭ ‬104410.‭ ‬-‭ ‬James McPhee,‭ ‬Nizar Ibrahim,‭ ‬Alex Kao,‭ ‬David M.‭ ‬Unwin,‭ ‬Roy Smith‭ &‬ David M.‭ ‬Martill‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.

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