1566 - Top Rare Ornithocheirid Pterosaur Tooth - Lower Cretaceous - Elrhaz Fm Crocodile Bones 2 Classifier: A
Yard notes & kiln story
Description
2 Classifier: A
From these we cannot deduct the species because they are almost completely buried in the rock
Notes et Mémoires du Service géologique du Maroc 92:1-372
Observations: Impressive natural association of these Dyrosaurus bones
A massive fine-grained white or lightly tinted variety of gypsum
1566 - Top Rare Ornithocheirid Pterosaur Tooth - Lower Cretaceous - Elrhaz Fm Crocodile Bones 2 Classifier: AScientific name: Ornithocheirid (Probably Ornithocheirus simus, (Owen, 1861) Pterosaur Location: Gadoufaoua, Tner Desert, Niger. Geological Formation: Elrhaz Fm Age: Lower Cretaceous, Aptian Albian stage ( 113 million years) Size (long): 5. 4cm REF.: 1566 DESCRIPTION: Ornithocheirus simus, is only known from fragmentary jaw tips. It bore a distinctive convex "keeled" crest on its snout similar to its relatives. Ornithocheirus had relatively narrow jaw