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| |name = ''Coloborhynchus spielbergi'' | |||
| |fossil_range = ], {{fossilrange|108}} | |||
| | image = Coloborhynchus_spielbergi2.jpg | |||
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| | image_caption = Skeletal cast of the possible species ''C. spielbergi'' | |||
| ⚫ | |genus = Coloborhynchus | ||
| |species = spielbergi | |||
| |authority = Veldmeijer, 2003 | |||
| |synonyms = | |||
| ''] spielbergi'' <br><small>(Veldmeijer, 2003)</small><br> | |||
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| '''''Coloborhynchus spielbergi''''' is a ] species from the ]-age Romualdo Member of the ] Santana Formation, of Barra do Jardim, Araripe Plateau, ], ]. ''C. spielbergi'' was named after the filmmaker ]. | |||
| ==Description== | |||
| ''C. spielbergi'' was a large species originally based on RGM 401 880, a fossil specimen known from a nearly complete skull and parts of the skeleton currently housed in the ] in the ]. | |||
| Like other species assigned to the genus '']'', ''C. spielbergi'' bore large, rounded crests at the ends of expanded upper and lower jaws. However, rather than being robust and box-shaped as in many ''Coloborhynchus'' species, the jaw tips were more slender and spoon-shaped, as in species typically referred to '']'', a genus in which ''C. speilbergi'' is classified by some researchers (as ''A. spielbergi''). As in other ornithocheirids, the size and orientation of the teeth vary considerably along the jawline. In ''C. spielbergi'', the tooth pattern has been described as more similar to that of '']'' than to '']''.<ref name=AJV2006>Veldmeijer, A.J., H.J.M. Meijer, and M. Signore (2006). "''Coloborhynchus'' from the Lower Cretaceous Santana Formation, Brazil (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea, Anhangueridae); an update." ''PalArch’s Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology'', '''3'''(2): 15-29.</ref> | |||
| ==References== | |||
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| Coloborhynchus spielbergi Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 108 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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| Skeletal cast of the possible species C. spielbergi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
| Genus: | †Coloborhynchus |
| Species: | †C. spielbergi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Coloborhynchus spielbergi Veldmeijer, 2003 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Anhanguera spielbergi | |
Coloborhynchus spielbergi is a pterosaur species from the Aptian-age Romualdo Member of the Lower Cretaceous Santana Formation, of Barra do Jardim, Araripe Plateau, Ceará Province, Brazil. C. spielbergi was named after the filmmaker Steven Spielberg.
Description
C. spielbergi was a large species originally based on RGM 401 880, a fossil specimen known from a nearly complete skull and parts of the skeleton currently housed in the Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum in the Netherlands.
Like other species assigned to the genus Coloborhynchus, C. spielbergi bore large, rounded crests at the ends of expanded upper and lower jaws. However, rather than being robust and box-shaped as in many Coloborhynchus species, the jaw tips were more slender and spoon-shaped, as in species typically referred to Anhanguera, a genus in which C. speilbergi is classified by some researchers (as A. spielbergi). As in other ornithocheirids, the size and orientation of the teeth vary considerably along the jawline. In C. spielbergi, the tooth pattern has been described as more similar to that of Tropeognathus robustus than to Anhanguera piscator.
References
- Veldmeijer, A.J., H.J.M. Meijer, and M. Signore (2006). "Coloborhynchus from the Lower Cretaceous Santana Formation, Brazil (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea, Anhangueridae); an update." PalArch’s Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology, 3(2): 15-29.