M3gal0don_M4n Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 What Pterosaur tooth is this? I was thinking coloborynchus or Siroccopteryx Moroccensis . It was found south of Taouz, Morocco. Signature goes here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guns Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 i doubt you can identify it to the specific species level . Guns 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jikohr Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 I read that there's some debate on whether the two are synonymous. Apparently after Siroccopteryx moroccensis was named, Dr. David Unwin proposed lumping it in with Coloborhynchus but as a new species C. moroccensis. This was pushed back on and I don't know if it's ever been resolved. My impression of the situation (and someone please correct me on this if I'm wrong) is that the issue isn't identifying fossils to one or the other, but rather which taxonomy is the valid one for all these Moroccan Pterosaur fossils. If the fossils wind up being Coloborhynchus than Siroccopteryx doesn't exist, and if Siroccopteryx stands as a valid genus that Coloborhynchus isn't found in the Kem Kem Beds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praefectus Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 Ornithocheirid indet. is probably the safest ID. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M3gal0don_M4n Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 Okay! Thanks. Signature goes here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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