Eopteranodon
Eopteranodon was a small, toothless flying reptile that lived during the Early Cretaceous. It had a big crest on its head and a wingspan about as wide as a bicycle is long. It glided over lakes and rivers in ancient China, snapping up fish with its beak.13
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Eopteranodon had no teeth. Its beak was like a modern bird's, but it was a reptile, not a bird.1
Its skull was less than 200 millimeters long (7.9 inches), smaller than a human hand.1
Eopteranodon belonged to the Tapejaridae family, a group of pterosaurs with big head crests and downturned snouts.12
The first fossil of Eopteranodon was found in 2005 in Liaoning, China, a region famous for many amazing pterosaur and dinosaur fossils.1
A second species, Eopteranodon yixianensis, was named in 2023, but some scientists think it might not be a separate species.12
Eopteranodon lived about 125 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period.2

Mees gevraagde vrae oor Eopteranodon
?What did Eopteranodon eat?
It ate fish. It was a piscivore, meaning it snapped up fish with its toothless beak while gliding over lakes and rivers.3
?How big was Eopteranodon?
It was small. Its wingspan was about 1.1 meters (3.6 feet), as wide as a bicycle is long, and its skull was less than 200 millimeters (7.9 inches) long.1
?Is Eopteranodon a dinosaur?
No, it is not a dinosaur. Eopteranodon was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived during the time of dinosaurs.1
Mite-breker
Mite: Eopteranodon is a dinosaur.
Waarheid: Eopteranodon is a pterosaur, a flying reptile that is not a dinosaur. Pterosaurs are a separate group of reptiles that lived at the same time as dinosaurs.1
Vir dino-kenners
- Wetenskaplike naam
- Eopteranodon
- Benoem deur
- Lü and Zhang 20053
- Groep
- Vlieënde reptiele
- Familie / klade
- Azhdarchoidea3
- Klassifikasie
- Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea3
- Ouderdom van die rotse
- 126 tot 120 miljoen jaar (Barremian / Aptian)3
- Rotsformasies
- Yixian3
- Lande
- China3
- Fossielrekords
- 2 in The Paleobiology Database3
- Ontdekking
- Eopteranodon was named in 2005 by paleontologists Lü Junchang and Zhang Xingliao. They described it from a partial skeleton and skull found in the Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China.1
- Steeds omstrede
- Scientists still debate whether Eopteranodon yixianensis is a valid second species or just a different specimen of Eopteranodon lii.12
Waar die feite vandaan kom
- Eopteranodon (en.wikipedia.org)
- A new species of Eopteranodon (Pterodactyloidea, Tapejaridae) from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China (sciencedirect.com)
- Eopteranodon in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.
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