Named By: | Ibrahim et al in 2010 |
Time Period: | Late Cretaceous, 95 Ma |
Location: | Africa, Morocco - Kem Kem Beds |
Size: | Unknown for certain, but comparison with similar pterosaur species has given estimates of a 4 meter wingspan to one individual, and a 6 meter wingspan attributed to a larger individual |
Diet: | unavailable |
Fossil(s): | Jaw fragments and possible neck vertebra |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Pterosauria | Pterodactyloidea | Azhdarchidae | |
Alanqa is a genus of pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous Kem Kem Beds (which date to the late Albian or Cenomanian age) of southeastern Morocco.
The name Alanqa comes from the Arabic word l`nq al-'anqa', for a Phoenix similar to the Simurgh of Persian mythology.