Coloborhynchus
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Coloborhynchus Fossil range: Early Cretaceous |
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Coloborhynchus is a genus of the extinct Pterosauria, family Ornithocheiridae from the Lower Cretaceous of Europe, North America, and South America. 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) = originally Anhanguera piscator
[edit] References
The Pterosaur Database [1]