Genus
Valid Extinct

Inabtanin

Rosenbach et al. 2024

Inabtanin is an extinct genus of azhdarchoid pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Muwaqqar Formation of Jordan. The genus contains a single species, I. alarabia, known from a partial skeleton. Inabtanin represents one of the most complete pterosaur taxa known from the Afro-Arabia region.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Inabtanin
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Azhdarchoidea Superfamily
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Inabtanin Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇯🇴 Jordan
1
Geological formations
Muwaqqar
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Inabtanin alarabia 72 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
K. L. Rosenbach, D. M. Goodvin, and M. G. Albshysh, H. A. Azzam, A. A. Smadi, H. A. Mustafa, I. S. A. Zalmout, J. A. Wilson Mantilla. 2024. New pterosaur remains from the Late Cretaceous of Afro-Arabia provide insight into flight capacity of large pterosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 44(1):e2385068:1-23 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
K. L. Rosenbach, D. M. Goodvin, and M. G. Albshysh, H. A. Azzam, A. A. Smadi, H. A. Mustafa, I. S. A. Zalmout, J. A. Wilson Mantilla. 2024. New pterosaur remains from the Late Cretaceous of Afro-Arabia provide insight into flight capacity of large pterosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 44(1):e2385068:1-23 DOI ↗