Coloborhynchus

Coloborhynchus skeleton in Naturalis, Leiden.

Coloborhynchus araripensis is a fossil representative of the pterosaurs from the Santana Formation in Brazil. It belongs to the family of Ornithocheiridae and lived about 110 million years.

This fossil was described in 1985 by paleontologist Peter Wellhofer. Coloborhynchus araripensis had a wingspan of about three meters.

Mya (unit) Santana-Formation Archosaur Ornithodira Pterodactyloidea Peter Wellnhofer
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