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Coloborhynchus is a genus of the extinct Pterosauria, family Ornithocheiridae from the Lower Cretaceous of Europe, North America, and South America. The Early Cretaceous ( timestratigraphic name or the Lower Cretaceous ( logstratigraphic name is the earlier of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Reptiles, or members of the class Reptilia are air-breathing Cold-blooded Vertebrates that have skin covered in scales as opposed to hair or feathers For other meanings see Pterodactyl (disambiguation. Pterosaurs (ˈtɛrəsɔr from the Greek πτερόσαυρος pterosauros Pterodactyloidea (derived from the Greek Words πτερόν ( pterón, for usual ptéryx) "wing" and δάκτυλος Ornithocheiroidea is a group of Pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea. Ornithocheiroidea is a group of Pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea. Sir Richard Owen KCB ( Lancaster, July 20 1804 &ndash December 18 1892) was an English Biologist In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic In Biology and Ecology, extinction is the cessation of existence of a Species or group of taxa. For other meanings see Pterodactyl (disambiguation. Pterosaurs (ˈtɛrəsɔr from the Greek πτερόσαυρος pterosauros Ornithocheiroidea is a group of Pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea. The Early Cretaceous ( timestratigraphic name or the Lower Cretaceous ( logstratigraphic name is the earlier of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a There are several species, a few of which have been assigned to other genera, known from partial skulls and other fragmentary material:
- C. clavirostris = (Owen, 1874) Type species. In Taxonomy, a type species is the species that originally defined a genus.
- C. sedgwicki (Owen 1859) = Ornithocheirus sedgwicki (Newton 1888)
- C. Ornithocheirus (from Greek "ορνις" meaning bird, and "χειρ" meaning hand) was a huge Pterosaur from the early araripensis (Wellnhofer 1985) from Brazil. Wingspan in excess of three metres.
- C. wadleighi (Lee 1993) from Texas.
- C. spielbergi (Veldmeijer 2003) from Brazil. Possible wingspan six metres.
- C. piscator (Veldmeijer 2003) = originally Anhanguera piscator
References
The Pterosaur Database [1]
Anhanguera (meaning "old devil" is a genus of pterodactyloid Pterosaur known from the Lower- Cretaceous ( Aptian) Santana FormationDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic