Alcione facts for kids
Quick facts for kids AlcioneTemporal range: Upper Maastrichtian
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Alcione
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elainus
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Alcione is an extinct genus of nyctosaurid pterosaur from Maastrichtian-aged rocks from the Ouled Abdoun Basin in Morocco. It was one of six new Maastriichtian-aged pterosaurs described in 2018. Two of these pterosaurs are yet to be named.
See also
In Spanish: Alcíone (desambiguación) para niños
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