Alanqa
Sign in to saveAlanqa is a genus of alanqid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous period (Cenomanian stage) of what is now the Kem Kem Group of southeastern Morocco. The name Alanqa comes from the Arabic word العنقاء ''al-'Anqā''', for a mythical bird of Arabian culture.
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Alanqa is a genus of alanqid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous period (Cenomanian stage) of what is now the Kem Kem Group of southeastern Morocco. The name Alanqa comes from the Arabic word العنقاء ''al-'Anqā', for a mythical bird of Arabian culture.
==Discovery== Aided by local villagers, a team of paleontologists had been excavating at several locations in the Kem Kem Beds during April, and November to December 2008, uncovering remains of several different pterosaurs. The material was fragmentary, and the type locality for Alanqa'' is Aferdou N'Chaft, near the village of Begaa and to the north-east of Taouz.
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