Specimen: Sirrocopteryx marocensis

Type: Pterosaur Pterodactyl

Age: Cretaceous 

Location: Morocco

Size: 18mm 0.6 inches

Pterosaur, meaning Winged Liz, or more commonly known as Pterodactyl, was a flying rep tile that lived around 228 to 66 million years ago. They were the first species to fly, apart from in sects, so hugely dominated the skies. It was a carnivore and would have preyed upon marine life and other small to medium creatures.

The Kem Kem Beds (also referred to by various names including the Continental Red Beds and Continental intercalaire is a geological formation along the border between Morocco and Algeria in southeastern Morocco, whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous.