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Darwinopterus

Naam beteken: “Darwin's wing”1
Het geëet: InsekteVlieënde reptieleMiddel-Jura tot Laat JuraTegnies nie 'n dinosourus nie

Imagine a flying reptile that looks like it got its head from one group and its tail from another. That is Darwinopterus. It lived in the middle Jurassic period, about 160 million years ago, in what is now China.12

Prettige feit: pterosourusse het oor die dinosourusse gevlieg, maar hulle was hul neefs, nie self dinosourusse nie.
Het geleef
168 tot 152 miljoen jaar gelede5
Middel-Jura tot Laat Jura
Fossiele gevind in
Liaoning Province, China51
Lengte
0,34 tot 0,46 m (1,1 tot 1,5 ft)2
Vlerkspan
0,75 m (2,5 ft)3
Topspoed
omtrent 32 km/h (20 mph)
Vlieënd, skatting

Wanneer het dit geleef?

Trias
Jura
Kryt
252 miljoen jaar gelede20114566, die asteroïde

Hoe groot was dit?

Hoe lank was dit?

Darwinopterus omtrent 0,46 m lank (1,5 ft)'n Huiskat omtrent 0,5 m (1,6 ft)'n Hond omtrent 1 m (3,3 ft)'n Grootmensfiets omtrent 1,8 m (5,9 ft)
so lank soos 2,5 piesangs punt aan puntso lank soos 14 speelgoedboustene in 'n rykon in 12 sekondes oor 'n hele sokkerveld vlieg

Hoe groot was Darwinopterus vergeleke met JOU?

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

Hoe vinnig was dit?

cool goed

Prettige feite

1

Darwinopterus was a 'transitional fossil' because it had a head and neck like later short-tailed pterosaurs, but a long tail like earlier ones.12

2

More than 30 fossils of Darwinopterus have been found, all from the same rock layer in China.1

3

The name Darwinopterus honors Charles Darwin, the famous scientist who came up with the idea of evolution by natural selection.12

4

Darwinopterus had a very long tail, made of more than 20 vertebrae, with thin bony rods wrapping around it.2

5

Its skull was huge, almost twice as long as the bones of its back. That's even bigger than many later pterosaurs.2

6

Darwinopterus had about 15 pairs of slender, spike-like teeth in its mouth, good for gripping prey.2

7

The first Darwinopterus species, D. modularis, was named in 2010. Later, three more species were added in 2011, 2025, and 2010.15

Deur KI gemaakKI-prent van Darwinopterus
'n KI-prent van hoe Darwinopterus 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 Darwinopterus

?Was Darwinopterus a dinosaur?

No, Darwinopterus was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived while dinosaurs walked on land. Pterosaurs are not dinosaurs.41

?How big was Darwinopterus?

It was a relatively small pterosaur. Its skull was about 0.14 to 0.19 metres long, and its forelimbs were about 0.34 to 0.46 metres long.2

?What did Darwinopterus eat?

Its slender, spike-like teeth were well suited for gripping prey, so it probably caught small animals like insects or fish. Scientists infer this from the tooth shape.21

?Why is Darwinopterus called a transitional fossil?

Because it had a head and neck like later short-tailed pterosaurs, but a long tail like earlier ones. This mix shows how one group evolved into the other.14

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam
Darwinopterus
Benoem deur
Lü et al. 20105
Groep
Vlieënde reptiele
Familie / klade
Monofenestrata5
Klassifikasie
Pterosauria5
Ouderdom van die rotse
168 tot 152 miljoen jaar (Bathonian / Kimmeridgian)5
Rotsformasies
Tiaojishan5
Lande
China5
Fossielrekords
4 in The Paleobiology Database5
Ontdekking
The first Darwinopterus fossil was found at Linglongta, Liaoning Province, China, in rocks of the Tiaojishan Formation. Scientists Lü Junchang, David Unwin, and others named it in 2010. It was described in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.12
Steeds omstrede
Scientists are still debating whether Darwinopterus was a fast aerial hunter or mainly an insectivore that hopped on the ground.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

  1. Darwinopterus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Evidence for modular evolution in a long-tailed pterosaur with a pterodactyloid skull (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  3. Brazil - A new species of Darwinopterus (Wukongopteridae, Pterosauria) from western Liaoning provides some new information on the ontogeny of this clade A new species of <i>Darwinopterus</i> (Wukongopteridae, Pterosauria) from western Liaoning provides some new information on the ontogeny of this clade (scielo.br)
  4. Darwinopterus, a Transitional Pterosaur (smithsonianmag.com)
  5. Darwinopterus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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