Angustinaripterus
Angustinaripterus was a flying reptile that lived in China during the Middle Jurassic. It had a long, flat skull and used its long, curved front teeth to snatch fish from the water.1
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Angustinaripterus is known from only a single skull and lower jaws, found in 1981.1
Its skull was very long and flat, with a low ridge on top only 2 to 3 millimeters high.1
The front teeth were long, curved, and pointed forward, forming a basket-like trap for fish.1
Its nostrils were long and slit-like, giving the pterosaur its name 'narrow nostril wing'.1
Angustinaripterus belonged to the Rhamphorhynchidae family, which included other long-tailed pterosaurs.1
The preserved part of the skull is 192 millimeters long, and the complete skull was probably about 201 millimeters.1

Mees gevraagde vrae oor Angustinaripterus
?How big was Angustinaripterus?
Its wingspan was about 1.6 metres (5.2 feet). Its skull was about 201 millimetres (7.9 inches) long.12
?What did Angustinaripterus eat?
It ate fish. Its long, curved front teeth formed a basket-like trap to snatch fish from the water.12
Vir dino-kenners
- Wetenskaplike naam
- Angustinaripterus
- Benoem deur
- He et al. 19833
- Groep
- Vlieënde reptiele
- Familie / klade
- Rhamphorhynchidae3
- Klassifikasie
- Pterosauria > Rhamphorhynchidae3
- Ouderdom van die rotse
- 171 tot 155 miljoen jaar (Bajocian / Oxfordian)3
- Rotsformasies
- Shaximiao3
- Lande
- China3
- Fossielrekords
- 1 in The Paleobiology Database3
- Ontdekking
- Angustinaripterus was named in 1983 by He Xinlu, Yang Daihuan, and Su Chunkang. The only fossil, a skull with lower jaws, was found in 1981 by researchers from the Zigong Historical Museum of the Salt Industry.1
- Steeds omstrede
- Scientists are not sure about the exact wingspan of Angustinaripterus because the only known fossil is a partial skull.1
Waar die feite vandaan kom
- Angustinaripterus (en.wikipedia.org)
- PaleoCodex :: Angustinaripterus (paleocodex.com)
- Angustinaripterus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.
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