Coloborhynchus

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Coloborhynchus is a genus of the extinct Pterosauria, family Crioryhnchidae from the Albian (Lower Cretaceous). There are several species, a few of which have been assigned to other genera, known from partial skulls and other fragmentary material:

  • C. clavirostris = (Owen, 1874) Type species.
  • C.sedgwicki (Owen 1859) = Ornithocheirus sedgwicki (Newton 1888)
  • C. araripensis (Wellnhofer 1985) from Brazil. Wingspan in excess of three metres.
  • C. wadleighi (Lee 1993) from Texas.
  • C.spielbergi (Veldmeijer 2003) from Brazil. Possible wingspan six metres.
  • C. piscator (Veldmeijer 2003) = Anhanguera piscator


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The Pterosaur Database [1]