Simurghia
Name: Simurghia
(named after Simurgh, a flying beast from Persian mythology).
Phonetic: Sim-ur-gey-ah.
Named By: N. R. Longrich, D. M. Martill
& B. Andres - 2018.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea, Pteranodontia, Nyctosauridae.
Species: S. robusta (type).
Diet: Piscivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Morocco.
Time period: Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains of many
individuals.
Simurghia
is a genus of pterosaur
that lived in Africa during the late
Cretaceous. The holotype fossils of Simurghia
were found in what was
a marine environment, strongly showing that Simurghia
lived in
coastal ecosystems.
Further reading
- Late Maastrichtian pterosaurs from North Africa and mass extinction
of Pterosauria at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. - PLoS
Biology 16(3):e2001663:1-38. - N. R. Longrich, D. M.
Martill & B. Andres - 2018.
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