Name
Apatorhamphus (deceptive snout).
Phonetic
A-pat-o-ram-pus.
Named By
James McPhee, Nizar Ibrahim, Alex Kao, David M. Unwin, Roy Smith & David M. Martill - 2020.
Classification
Chordata, Reptilia, Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea, Chaoyangopteridae.
Diet
Uncertain.
Species
A. gyrostega
Size
Unknown due to lack of fossil remains.
Known locations
Morocco - Kem Kem beds.
Time Period
Albian/Cenomanian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation
Partial snout.
Afrotapejara is a genus of pterosaur that lived in North Africa at the time of the Early/Late Cretaceous boundary.
- A new ?chaoyangopterid (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) from the Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of Southern Morocco. - Cretaceous Research. 110: Article 104410. - James McPhee, Nizar Ibrahim, Alex Kao, David M. Unwin, Roy Smith & David M. Martill - 2020.
