Liaodactylus

Naam beteken: “Liaoning finger”1

Het geëet: VisVlieënde reptieleLaat JuraTegnies nie 'n dinosourus nie

Liaodactylus was an early pterosaur that used its long jaws like a strainer. It had more than 150 thin, comb-like teeth to catch tiny creatures in the water. This flying reptile lived about 160 million years ago in what is now China.1

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

Het geleef

162 tot 155 miljoen jaar gelede3

Laat Jura

Fossiele gevind in

Daxishan, Jianchang County, western Liaoning Province, China1

Vlerkspan

0,9 m (3 ft)2

Topspoed

omtrent 35 km/h (22 mph)

Vlieënd, skatting

Wanneer het dit geleef?

Trias

Jura

Kryt

252 miljoen jaar gelede20114566, die asteroïde

Hoe groot was dit?

Hoe wyd was sy vlerke?

so lank soos 2 huiskatte van neus tot stertkon in 11 sekondes oor 'n hele sokkerveld vlieg

Hoe groot was Liaodactylus vergeleke met JOU?

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

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)

Liaodactylus omtrent 35 km/h (22 mph)

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

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

cool goed

Prettige feite

Liaodactylus is the oldest known filter-feeding pterosaur, living about 160 million years ago in the Late Jurassic.1

Its skull was only 133 mm long, but it held 152 teeth in total, arranged like a comb to trap food.1

The name Liaodactylus means 'Liaoning finger', after the province in China where it was found.1

Liaodactylus belonged to a group called Ctenochasmatidae, which were all filter-feeders with long snouts and many teeth.1

This pterosaur lived alongside small dinosaurs, mammals, and salamanders in the Yanliao Biota of China.1

Liaodactylus had a large opening in its skull called a nasoantorbital fenestra, which is a feature of advanced pterosaurs.1

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

Mite-breker

Mite: Some people think all pterosaurs ate fish or meat.

Waarheid: Liaodactylus was a filter-feeder, straining tiny creatures from water with its comb-like teeth, not catching fish.1

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Liaodactylus
Benoem deur: Zhou et al. 20173
Groep: Vlieënde reptiele
Familie / klade: Ctenochasmatidae3
Klassifikasie: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea3
Ouderdom van die rotse: 162 tot 155 miljoen jaar (Oxfordian)3
Rotsformasies: Tiaojishan3
Lande: China3
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database3
Ontdekking: Liaodactylus was named in 2017 by Zhou and colleagues based on a nearly complete skull and jaws found at Daxishan in Liaoning, China.3 1
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are not sure about the exact size of Liaodactylus because only its skull and neck bones have been found.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Earliest filter-feeding pterosaur from the Jurassic of China and ecological evolution of Pterodactyloidea - PMC (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
Liaodactylus primus | Pterosaur Database by DinoAnimals.com (dinoanimals.com)
Liaodactylus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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