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Balaenognathus

Naam beteken: “whale jaw”1

Het geëet: VisVlieënde reptieleLaat JuraTegnies nie 'n dinosourus nie

Balaenognathus was a flying reptile that lived about 150 million years ago. It had a strange, spoon-shaped snout with hundreds of tiny hooked teeth. It used its beak like a strainer to scoop up tiny shrimp from the water, just like a modern flamingo.1 2

Prettige feit: pterosourusse het oor die dinosourusse gevlieg, maar hulle was hul neefs, nie self dinosourusse nie.

Het geleef

152 tot 149 miljoen jaar gelede6

Laat Jura

Fossiele gevind in

Bavaria, Germany3 1

Lengte

1 m (3,3 ft)2

Vlerkspan

1,17 m (3,8 ft)1 4

Topspoed

omtrent 38 km/h (24 mph)

Vlieënd, skatting

Wanneer het dit geleef?

Trias

Jura

Kryt

252 miljoen jaar gelede20114566, die asteroïde

Hoe groot was dit?

Hoe lank was dit?

so lank soos 2 huiskatte van neus tot stertso lank soos 6 piesangs punt aan puntkon in 9,9 sekondes oor 'n hele sokkerveld vlieg

Hoe groot was Balaenognathus vergeleke met JOU?

Net wiskunde in jou blaaier. Niks word gestoor of êrens heen gestuur nie.

Hoe vinnig was dit?

'n Mens wat loop omtrent 5 km/h (3 mph)

'n Kind op 'n fiets omtrent 12 km/h (7 mph)

Balaenognathus omtrent 38 km/h (24 mph)

'n Galopperende perd omtrent 65 km/h (40 mph)

'n Jagluiperd omtrent 100 km/h (62 mph)

cool goed

Prettige feite

Balaenognathus had at least 480 teeth, more than most other pterosaurs.1

The tips of its teeth had tiny hooks, which have never been seen in any other pterosaur. These hooks helped trap shrimp so they couldn't escape.1 2

The front of its snout was shaped like a spatula and had no teeth, so water could flow in easily.1

Its upper jaw was more curved than its lower jaw, so its mouth stayed slightly open at the front even when closed.1

The fossil was found by accident in a quarry in Germany, inside a block of stone that also contained bones of a crocodile-like animal.1 2

Balaenognathus lived during the Late Jurassic period, about 152 to 149 million years ago.3

It had long legs, which helped it wade through shallow seas while feeding.2

KI-prent van Balaenognathus — 'n KI-prent van hoe Balaenognathus dalk gelyk het, deur 'n rekenaar gemaak uit wat wetenskaplikes weet. Dit is 'n raaiskoot: die regte dier het dalk anders gelyk, en niemand weet wat sy regte kleure was nie.

julle het gevra

Mees gevraagde vrae oor Balaenognathus

?What did Balaenognathus eat?

It ate tiny shrimp and other small plankton. It used its spoon-shaped beak and hundreds of tiny hooked teeth to strain them out of the water.1 2

?How big was Balaenognathus?

It was a medium-sized pterosaur with a wingspan of 1.17 metres (3.8 feet). Its body was about 1 metre long.5

?Why did Balaenognathus have so many teeth?

Balaenognathus had over 480 long, slender teeth with tiny hooks at the tips. These teeth formed a fine mesh like a net to trap tiny shrimp while letting water escape.1 2

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Balaenognathus
Benoem deur: Martill et al. 20236
Groep: Vlieënde reptiele
Familie / klade: Ctenochasmatidae6
Klassifikasie: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea6
Ouderdom van die rotse: 152 tot 149 miljoen jaar (Kimmeridgian)6
Lande: Duitsland6
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database6
Ontdekking: Balaenognathus was named by David Martill and colleagues in 2023. The only known fossil was found in September 2011 in a quarry near Wattendorf, Bavaria, Germany, by workers collecting a block of limestone.1
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are not sure exactly how Balaenognathus used its hooked teeth and spatula-like snout to filter food, but they think it may have pumped water in and out by moving its long neck.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

A new pterodactyloid pterosaur with a unique filter-feeding apparatus from the Late Jurassic of Germany | PalZ | Springer Nature Link (link.springer.com)
Bizarre filter-feeding pterosaur described from Germany | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Balaenognathus (en.m.wikipedia.org)
Balaenognathus (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia)
Balaenognathus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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