Genus: Apatorhamphus McPHEE, IBRAHIM, KAO, UNWIN, SMITH & MARTILL, 2020
Etymology: Greek, apato, "deceptive", alluding to the difficulity of identifying edentulous beaks and Greek, ramfos, "beak."
Species: gyrostega McPHEE, IBRAHIM, KAO, UNWIN, SMITH & MARTILL, 2020
Etymology: Greek, gyro, "rounded" and Greek, stego, "roof." In reference to the roudned dorsal surface of the rostrum.
Holotype: FSAC-KK 5010
Locality: Aferdou N'Chaft, Begaa, 30°53'55.73"N, 3°50'46.26"W, d'Errachidia Province, China.
Horizon: Kem Kem Beds.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: ?Albian Stage, Late Early Cretaceous Epoch, Middle Gallic Subepoch, Late Early Cretaceous-Early Cenomanian Stage, Late Gallic Subepoch, Early Gulf Subepoch, Middle Cretaceous.
Material: Partial probable premaxilla missing the anterior tip and not extending posteriorly as far as the anterior border of the nasoantorbital fenestra.
Referred material:
FSAC-KK 5011, FSAC-KK 5012: Fragmentary premaxillae.
FSAC-KK 5013: Fragmentary dentary.
= Alanqa saharica IBRAHIM, UNWIN, MARTILL, BAIDDER & ZOUHRI, 2010 (moved to Aptorhamphus gyrostega by IBRAHIM, SERENO, VARRICCHIO, MARTILL, DUTHEIL, UNWIN, BAIDDER, LARSSON, ZOUHIR & KAOUKAYA, 2020)
FSAC-KK 27: Anterior portion of a rostrum.
McPHEE, IBRAHIM, KAO, UNWIN, SMITH & MATILL, 2020
CMNH 50859: Jaw fragments.
Locality: Unknown, Morocco.
Horizon: Kem Kem Beds.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: ?Albian Stage, Late Early Cretaceous Epoch, Middle Gallic Subepoch, Late Early Cretaceous-Early Cenomanian Stage, Late Gallic Subepoch, Early Gulf Subepoch, Middle Cretaceous.
Material:
FSAC-KK 5014: Fragmentary premaxilla.
= cf. Apatorhamphus gyrostega SMITH, CHINSAMY, UNWIN, IBRAHIM, ZOUHRI & MARTILL, 2022
Locality: Near the oasis of Hassi el Begaa, Errachidia Province, south-eastern Morocco.
Horizon: Ifezouane Formation, Kem Kem Beds.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Probably Albian- Cenomanian Stage, Upper Gallic Subepoch, Lowermost Gulf Epoch, Middle Cretaceous.
Material:
FSAC-KK 5081-5082: 2 jaw fragments.
WELLNHOFER, 1999, = Alanqa sp IBRAHIM, WNWIN, MARTILL, BAIDDER & ZOUHRI, 2010
Locality: Possibly near Taouz, Kem Kem region of southern Morocco.
Horizon: Kem Kem Beds.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Early Cenomanian Stage, Uppermiddle Gallic Subepoch, Lower Gulf Epoch, Middle Cretaceous.
Material:
BSP 1993 IX 338: Anterior part of premaxilla with tip missing. (Note: Originally classified as a pteranodontid).