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Xericeps curvirostris

Description

Xericeps is a genus of pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous Kem Kem Beds (which date to the late Albian or Cenomanian age) of southeastern Morocco.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)9446121https://www.gbif.org/species/9446121
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)363920https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=363920
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria : Xericeps : Xericeps curvirostris
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria : Xericeps : Xericeps curvirostris
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
informalAvemetatarsaliaBenton 1999
-OrnithodiraGauthier 1986
-PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
-Pterosauria
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
-LophocratiaUnwin 2003
superfamilyOrnithocheiroideaSeeley 1870
superfamilyAzhdarchoideaUnwin 1992
-NeoazhdarchiaUnwin 2003
genusXericepsMartill et al. 2018
speciesXericeps curvirostrisMartill et al. 2018
Generic NameXericeps
Scientific NameXericeps curvirostris Martill et al., 2018
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Xericeps curvirostrisspeciesbelongs to Xericepsstated with evidenceMartill et al., 2018
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance101 - 94 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance101 - 94 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Pterosauria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietpiscivore (based on Pterosauria)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)D. M. Martill, D. M. Unwin, and N. Ibrahim, N. Longrich. 2018. A new edentulous pterosaur from the Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of south eastern Morocco. Cretaceous Research 84:1-12
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xericeps_curvirostris

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2018Xericeps curvirostris Martill et al. p. 3

References

Martill D. M., Unwin D. M., et al (2018) A new edentulous pterosaur from the Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of south eastern Morocco, Cretaceous Research 84, 1-12 doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.09.006
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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