Afrotapejara
| Afrotapejara Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
|---|---|
| Assigned mandibular symphysis BSP 1997 I 67 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
| Family: | †Tapejaridae |
| Genus: | †Afrotapejara Martill et al., 2020 |
| Type species | |
| †Afrotapejara zouhri Martill et al., 2020 | |
Afrotapejara (meaning "African old being") is an extinct genus of tapejarid pterosaur discovered in Morocco. The type species, Afrotapejara zouhri, was named and described in 2020. It was the first tapejarid discovered in Africa and the fourth pterosaur discovered in the Kem Kem Beds.