Species: moroccensis MADER & KELLNER, 1999
Etymology: In reference to Morocco, the country from which the holotype originates,
and Latin, ‘ensis, adjectival suffix forming an adjective denoting
place of origin.
= Anhanguera nova MADER & KELLNER, 1997
= Coloborhynchus moroccensis (MADER & KELLNER, 1999) UNWIN, 2001
Holotype: Long Island Natural History Museum, LINHM 016
Locality: ‘near Beg’aa, a locality along the northern edge of the Kem Kem Region, south of the Anti-Atlas Mountains, west of Hamada du Guir, Ksar es Souik Province, Morocco.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Albian Stage, Middle Gallic Subepoch, Uppermost Early Cretaceous Epoch or Cenomanian Stage, Uppermiddle Gallic Subepoch, Lowermost Gulf Epoch, Late Early or Middle Cretaceous.
Material: Anterior part of an upper jaw with teeth.
The surface of the snout has a very complex morphology with rugosities, meandering striations, and shallow pits. Mader & Kellner believe this may be pathologic representing one or more disease in processes.