Name
Afrotapejara (African old being).
Phonetic
Af-ro-tap-ejar-rah.
Named By
David M. Martill, Roy Smith, David M. Unwin, Alexander Kao, James McPhee & Nizar Ibrahim - 2020.
Classification
Chordata, Reptilia, Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea, Tapejaridae.
Diet
Uncertain.
Species
A. zouhri
Size
Unknown due to lack of remains.
Known locations
Morocco - Kem Kem Beds.
Time Period
Albian/Cenomanian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation
Partial snouts.
Afrotapejara is a genus of tapejarid pterosaur that lived in North Africa at the time of the Early/Late Cretaceous boundary.
- new tapejarid (Pterosauria, Azhdarchoidea) from the mid-Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of Takmout, southern Morocco. - Cretaceous Research. - David M. Martill, Roy Smith, David M. Unwin, Alexander Kao, James McPhee & Nizar Ibrahim - 2020.
