Alanqa was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Alanqa lived during the Late Cretaceous and resided in Africa. The first Alanqa fossil was discovered in 2010.
Quick facts about Alanqa:
- Existed from Albian Age to 93.5 million years ago
- Lived in a marine environment
- Was a piscivore
- Could fly
- 4 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Alanqa was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- D. M. Martill and N. Ibrahim. 2015. An unusual modification of the jaws in cf. Alanqa, a mid-Cretaceous azhdarchid pterosaur from the Kem Kem beds of Morocco. Cretaceous Research 53:59-67
- N. Ibrahim and D. M. Unwin. 2010. A new pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea: Azharchidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Morocco. PLoS One 5(5):e10875
