G78 - Museum Grade Cretaceous Azhdarchid Pterosaur Metacarpal Bone KemKem
G78 - Museum Grade Cretaceous Azhdarchid Pterosaur Metacarpal Bone KemKem G78 - Museum Grade Cretaceous Azhdarchid Pterosaur Metacarpal Bone KemKem G78 - Museum Grade Cretaceous Azhdarchid Pterosaur Metacarpal Bone KemKem G78 - Museum Grade Cretaceous Azhdarchid Pterosaur Metacarpal Bone KemKem G78 - Museum Grade Cretaceous Azhdarchid Pterosaur Metacarpal Bone KemKem

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G78 - Museum Grade Cretaceous Azhdarchid Pterosaur Metacarpal Bone KemKem

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Species
Unidentified Azhdarchid Pterosaur metacarpal bone. Alanqa saharica, Ibrahim et al. (2010) or Xericeps Martill et al., 2017
Age
Upper Cretaceous, Cenomanian stage, (~96 Million Years)
Location
Taouz, Errachidia province, South Morocco
Formation
Ifezouane Formation, Red Sandstone Beds, KemKem Basin
Size
95 mm   •    in
Weight
25 g   •    oz
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Description

Scientific name: Unidentified Azhdarchid Pterosaur metacarpal bone. Alanqa saharica, Ibrahim et al. (2010) or Xericeps Martill et al., 2017

Location: Taouz, Errachidia Province, South Morocco

Geological Formation: Ifezouane Formation, Kem Kem Basin, Red Sandstone Beds

Age: Upper Cretaceous, Cenomanian stage, (~96 Million Years)

Size (long): 9,5cm = 3.74 Inch

REF.: G78

DESCRIPTION:
This is one of the most unique and extraordinary specimens of our Pterosaurs collection. It is the metacarpal bone of a strange and little-known pterosaur species of the North African Cretaceous. This type of fossils are extremely rare.

Its morphology resembles very much that of the Azhdarchid pterosaurs. Two genus of Azhdarchid pterosaurs have been described from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian stage) of South Morocco. One of them, the genus Alanqa and the other the genus Xericeps. This specimen is something unique and worthy of study and comparison to similar remains already published. High scientific value.

It has some fractures that have been glued. It is almost the complete metacarpal lacking the proximal epiphysis or proximal end.

A New Pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchidae) fromthe Upper Cretaceous of Morocco

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