Genus
Valid Extinct

Xericeps

Martill et al. 2018

Xericeps is an extinct genus of alanqid pterosaur from the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous. It was discovered from the Kem Kem Beds of southeastern Morocco.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Xericeps
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Mandibular symphyses of Xericeps curvirostris. A–E Holotype FSAC-KK 10700; F–H referred specimen FSAC-KK 5203. A, F In left lateral view; B, G in occlusal view; C, H in ventral view; D, in posterior view and E, in anterior view. Scale bars represent 10 mm. A-C Ammonium chloride coated specimen © R. E. Smith, N. Ibrahim, N. Longrich, D. M. Unwin, M. L. Jacobs, C. J. Williams, S. Zouhri & D. M. Martill · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Azhdarchoidea Superfamily
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Neoazhdarchia Unranked clade
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Xericeps Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇦 Morocco
1
Temporal distribution
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Xericeps curvirostris 101 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
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 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
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 DOI ↗