Simurghia
Genus of pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Simurghia is a genus of pterosaur from the Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco, a basin that dates to the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous period, about 66 million years ago. It was published in 2018 by paleontologists Nicholas R. Longrich, David M. Martill, and Brian Andres, along with two other pterosaurs from the same basin: Alcione and Barbaridactylus.[1] The type and only species is S. robusta.
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Simurghia | |
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Holotype humerus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
Clade: | †Pteranodontia |
Clade: | †Aponyctosauria |
Genus: | †Simurghia Longrich, Martill, & Andres, 2018 |
Type species | |
†Simurghia robusta Longrich, Martill, & Andres, 2018 |
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