Austriadraco
Austriadraco was a small flying reptile that lived during the Late Triassic, about 217 to 213 million years ago. It had a wingspan of about 60 centimeters (2 feet) and likely ate fish. Its fossils were found in Austria, which is how it got its name.13
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Austriadraco was once thought to be a young Eudimorphodon, but scientists now know it is a separate genus.12
Its fossils were found on a mountain trail at about 1600 meters (5250 feet) high in Austria.1
The only known skeleton is incomplete and disarticulated, meaning the bones were scattered before they became fossils.1
Austriadraco had a shoulder blade that was 62% longer than its coracoid, a bone in the shoulder.1

Mees gevraagde vrae oor Austriadraco
?How big was Austriadraco?
Austriadraco was a small pterosaur with a wingspan of about 60 centimeters (24 inches) and a humerus (upper arm bone) about 4 centimeters long.13
?What did Austriadraco eat?
Austriadraco likely ate fish, based on its classification as a volant (flying) piscivore (fish-eater).3
?Is Austriadraco a dinosaur?
No, Austriadraco is a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived at the same time as dinosaurs but is not a dinosaur itself.1
Vir dino-kenners
- Wetenskaplike naam
- Austriadraco
- Benoem deur
- Kellner 20153
- Groep
- Vlieënde reptiele
- Familie / klade
- Pterosauria3
- Klassifikasie
- Pterosauria3
- Ouderdom van die rotse
- 211 tot 206 miljoen jaar (Norian)3
- Rotsformasies
- Seefelder Schichten3
- Lande
- Oostenryk3
- Fossielrekords
- 1 in The Paleobiology Database3
- Ontdekking
- The fossil was discovered in June 1994 by Bernd Lammerer near Seefeld, Austria. In 2015, Alexander Kellner named it Austriadraco dallavecchiai, honoring pterosaur expert Fabio Marco Dalla Vecchia.12
- Steeds omstrede
- Scientists are not sure exactly which other pterosaurs are its closest relatives. Some think it is related to Arcticodactylus, but others are not certain.12
Waar die feite vandaan kom
- Austriadraco (en.wikipedia.org)
- Brazil - Comments on Triassic pterosaurs with discussion about ontogeny and description of new taxa Comments on Triassic pterosaurs with discussion about ontogeny and description of new taxa (scielo.br)
- Austriadraco in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.
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