Coloborhynchus

Coloborhynchus; Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
	Holotype jaw fragment of C. clavirostris in multiple views
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Pterosauria
Suborder:	†Pterodactyloidea
Clade:	†Ornithocheirae
Genus:	†Coloborhynchus; Owen, 1874
Type species
	†Coloborhynchus clavirostris; Owen, 1874
Other species
	†C. capito? ; (Seeley, 1870); †C. fluviferox? ; Jacobs et al., 2019;
Synonyms
	List of synonyms Genus synonymy "Ptenodactylus" ; Seeley, 1869 (nomen nudum); ; Synonyms of C. capito Ornithocheirus capito ; Seeley, 1870; Nicorhynchus capito ; (Seeley, 1870); ; Synonyms of C. fluviferox Nicorhynchus fluviferox ; (Jacobs et al., 2019); ; ;

Coloborhynchus is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur belonging to the family Anhangueridae, though it has also been recovered as a member of the Ornithocheiridae in some studies. Coloborhynchus is known from the Lower Cretaceous of England (Valanginian age, 140 to 136 million years ago), and depending on which species are included, possibly the Albian and Cenomanian ages (113 to 93.9 million years ago) as well. Coloborhynchus was once thought to be the largest known toothed pterosaur, however, a specimen of the closely related Tropeognathus is now thought to have had a larger wingspan.

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