Inabtanin
Sign in to saveInabtanin is an extinct genus of azhdarchoid pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Muwaqqar Formation of Jordan. The genus contains a single species, I. alarabia, known from a partial skeleton. Inabtanin represents one of the most complete pterosaur taxa known from the Afro-Arabia region.
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- Azhdarchoidea
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- taxon name
- Inabtanin
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- Late Cretaceous
- location of discovery
- Jordan
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Inabtanin is an extinct genus of azhdarchoid pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Muwaqqar Formation of Jordan. The genus contains a single species, I. alarabia, known from a partial skeleton. Inabtanin represents one of the most complete pterosaur taxa known from the Afro-Arabia region.
== Discovery and naming == The Inabtanin holotype specimen, YUPC-INAB-6-001–010, was discovered in phosphate mines representing latest Maastrichtian-aged sediments of the Muwaqqar Formation ('Inab-6' locality) near Russeifa, Jordan. The specimen was found in partial articulation, consisting of much of the upper and lower jaws, four partial cervical vertebrae, the left scapulocoracoid and humerus, and much of the right forelimb (comprising the humerus, radius, ulna, fourth metacarpal, and first wing phalanx). The fossil material was first reported in a conference abstract in 2018 before its formal description.
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