Daohugoupterus

Naam beteken: “wing from Daohugou”1

Het geëet: VisVlieënde reptieleMiddel-JuraTegnies nie 'n dinosourus nie

Daohugoupterus was a tiny flying reptile that soared over Jurassic lakes in what is now China. It was the smallest pterosaur found in the Daohugou area, with delicate bones and soft tissue preserved in the rock.1 2

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

Het geleef

165 tot 162 miljoen jaar gelede4

Middel-Jura

Fossiele gevind in

Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China1 3

Topspoed

omtrent 52 km/h (32 mph)

Vlieënd, skatting

Wanneer het dit geleef?

Trias

Jura

Kryt

252 miljoen jaar gelede20114566, die asteroïde

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)

Daohugoupterus omtrent 52 km/h (32 mph)

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

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

cool goed

Prettige feite

Daohugoupterus had a very broad sternal plate that was 2.5 times wider than it was long, which helped support its flight muscles.1

Its humerus (upper arm bone) was only 41.8 mm (1.65 inches) long, making it one of the smallest Jurassic pterosaurs.1

The fossil includes impressions of soft tissue, which is rare and helps scientists study its body shape.1 2

Daohugoupterus lived alongside other pterosaurs like Jeholopterus and Pterorhynchus, but it was the smallest of the three.1

Its skull had an unusually small upper temporal fenestra (a hole behind the eye), which is different from many other pterosaurs.2

Daohugoupterus was a basal pterosaur, meaning it was an early type that did not belong to the more advanced group Pterodactyloidea.1

KI-prent van Daohugoupterus — 'n KI-prent van hoe Daohugoupterus 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.

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Daohugoupterus
Benoem deur: Cheng et al. 20154
Groep: Vlieënde reptiele
Familie / klade: Pterosauria4
Klassifikasie: Pterosauria4
Ouderdom van die rotse: 165 tot 162 miljoen jaar (Callovian)4
Rotsformasies: Tiaojishan4
Lande: China4
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database4
Ontdekking: Daohugoupterus was named and described in 2015 by Cheng Xin, Wang Xiaolin, Jiang Shunxing and Alexander Kellner. The only known fossil was found near the village of Daohugou in Inner Mongolia, China, and was collected by Zhou Zhonghe and Li Yan.1
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are not sure exactly where Daohugoupterus fits in the pterosaur family tree, so it is currently placed as Pterosauria incertae sedis (meaning its exact relationships are unknown).1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Daohugoupterus (en.wikipedia.org)
Daohugoupterus, new pterosaur from Upper Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China (dml.reptilis.net)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Daohugoupterus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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