Xmas Gift Idea 1062 - Rare 6.37'' Cretaceous Azhdarchid Pterosaur Upper Jaw Kemkem Beds 2.0 Edition [6LRt9xPg]

Xmas Gift Idea 1062 - Rare 6.37'' Cretaceous Azhdarchid Pterosaur Upper Jaw Kemkem Beds 2.0 Edition [6LRt9xPg]

Scientific name: Unidentified Azhdarchid Pterosaur Upper Jaw

Location: Taouz, Errachidia Province, South Morocco

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

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

Size (long): 16,2 cm = 6.37 Inch

REF.: #1062

DESCRIPTION:
This is one of the most unique and extraordinary specimens of our Pterosaurs collection. It is the large upper jaw 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 dentition rests published by Ibrahim et al. (2010), where a new genus and species of Pterosaur belonging to the Azhdarchidae family is described.

Various 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 glued and tiny filled fractures.

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

An unusual modification of the jaws in cf. Alanqa, a mid-Cretaceous azhdarchid pterosaur from the Kem Kem beds of Morocco