Gallodactylus

Naam beteken: “rooster finger”3

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Gallodactylus was a flying reptile that lived near the sea. It had a long beak and probably scooped up fish for dinner. It was not a dinosaur, but a pterosaur.3

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

Het geleef

149 tot 145 miljoen jaar gelede3

Laat Jura

Fossiele gevind in

Canjuers-Les Bessons quarry, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France1

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)

Gallodactylus 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

Gallodactylus lived about 149 to 145 million years ago, during the Late Jurassic period.1

Its name means 'rooster finger', because scientists thought its wing finger looked like a rooster's toe.3

Only one species is known: Gallodactylus canjuersensis.1

The only fossil of Gallodactylus is a partial skeleton found in a limestone quarry in France.1

Some scientists think Gallodactylus might actually be the same animal as Cycnorhamphus.1

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

?How big was Gallodactylus?

No exact size is given in the sources, but it was a medium sized pterosaur with a wingspan estimated at about 1.5 metres (5 feet).2 3

?Did Gallodactylus have teeth?

Yes, it had peg-like teeth at the tips of its jaws, which were blunter and stouter in older individuals.2

?What did Gallodactylus eat?

It was a piscivore, meaning it ate fish, and may also have used its unusual jaws to crush hard invertebrates like mollusks.3 2

?Is Gallodactylus the same as Cycnorhamphus?

Many scientists think so. In 1996, it was reclassified as Cycnorhamphus canjuersensis, and later studies suggested the two species might be the same animal.3 2

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Gallodactylus
Benoem deur: Fabre 19763
Groep: Vlieënde reptiele
Familie / klade: Lophocratia3
Klassifikasie: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea3
Ouderdom van die rotse: 149 tot 145 miljoen jaar (Tithonian)3
Lande: Frankryk3
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database3
Ontdekking: Gallodactylus was named by French paleontologist Fabre in 1976, based on a partial skeleton found at the Canjuers-Les Bessons quarry in France.3 1
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are not sure if Gallodactylus is a separate genus or if it should be called Cycnorhamphus.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Cycnorhamphus (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia)
Gallodactylus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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