Alanqa
| Alanqa Temporal range: Cenomanian,
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| Jaws from the holotype of A. saharica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
| Clade: | †Azhdarchoidea |
| Family: | †Alanqidae |
| Genus: | †Alanqa Ibrahim et al., 2010 |
| Species: | †A. saharica
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| Binomial name | |
| †Alanqa saharica Ibrahim et al., 2010
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Alanqa is a genus of alanqid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous period (Cenomanian stage) of what is now the Kem Kem Group of southeastern Morocco. The name Alanqa comes from the Arabic word العنقاء al-'Anqā', for a mythical bird of Arabian culture.