Eotephradactylus

Naam beteken: “ash-winged dawn goddess”1

Het geëet: VisVlieënde reptieleLaat TriasTegnies nie 'n dinosourus nie

Eotephradactylus was a seagull-sized flying reptile that lived about 209 million years ago in what is now Arizona, USA. It had a long jaw full of teeth and probably ate fish with tough, armor-like scales.1 2

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

Het geleef

227 tot 206 miljoen jaar gelede4

Laat Trias

Fossiele gevind in

Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, USA4 1

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)

Eotephradactylus 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

Eotephradactylus is one of the oldest pterosaurs ever found in North America.2

Its jawbone was discovered inside a block of rock that was being prepared in a lab, not in the field.1

The tips of its teeth were worn down, which suggests it chewed on hard fish scales or shells.1

It lived in a hot, drying part of the supercontinent Pangaea, near the equator.1

The same bonebed where Eotephradactylus was found also contained one of the world's oldest turtle fossils.2

Its name comes from Greek words meaning 'dawn', 'ash', and 'wing', because it was found in volcanic ash.1

KI-prent van Eotephradactylus — 'n KI-prent van hoe Eotephradactylus 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 Eotephradactylus

?How big was Eotephradactylus?

About the size of a small seagull. Its jaw was about 4.3 cm long, and its wingspan was probably around 1 m.3

?What did Eotephradactylus eat?

It probably ate hard-shelled invertebrates or fish with tough, armor-like scales. The tips of its teeth were worn down from chewing.3 1

?Is Eotephradactylus a dinosaur?

No, it is a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived alongside dinosaurs. It is not a dinosaur.3

?When did Eotephradactylus live?

It lived about 209 million years ago, during the Late Triassic period. That is around 7 million years before the end-Triassic extinction.1

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Eotephradactylus
Benoem deur: Kligman et al. 20254
Groep: Vlieënde reptiele
Familie / klade: Pterosauria4
Klassifikasie: Pterosauria4
Ouderdom van die rotse: 227 tot 206 miljoen jaar (Norian)4
Rotsformasies: Chinle4
Lande: VSA4
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database4
Ontdekking: Eotephradactylus was named by Ben Kligman and colleagues in 2025. The specimen was discovered by Suzanne McIntire while she was preparing a rock block in the lab at Petrified Forest National Park.1 2
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are not sure exactly how big Eotephradactylus was, because only its jawbone has been found so far.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Unusual bone bed reveals a vertebrate community with pterosaurs and turtles in equatorial Pangaea before the end-Triassic extinction - PMC (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
si.edu (si.edu)
Eotephradactylus (en.wikipedia.org)
Eotephradactylus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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