Rhamphocephalus

Naam beteken: “beak head”1

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Rhamphocephalus was a flying reptile that lived during the Middle Jurassic. It soared over the warm seas of what is now England, snatching fish with its sharp beak. But scientists now think some of its bones actually belong to a different kind of reptile, a marine crocodylomorph!1

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

Het geleef

168 tot 155 miljoen jaar gelede5

Middel-Jura tot Laat Jura

Fossiele gevind in

Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom1 2

Vlerkspan

2 m (6,6 ft)3 4

Topspoed

omtrent 48 km/h (30 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 4 huiskatte van neus tot stertkon in 7,9 sekondes oor 'n hele sokkerveld vlieg

Hoe groot was Rhamphocephalus 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)

Rhamphocephalus omtrent 48 km/h (30 mph)

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

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

cool goed

Prettige feite

Rhamphocephalus was originally thought to be a pterosaur, but the type species, R. prestwichi, is now considered a thalattosuchian (a marine crocodylomorph).1

The name Rhamphocephalus was used as a 'wastebasket taxon' for many British Jurassic pterosaur remains, meaning it was a catch-all for fossils that didn't fit elsewhere.1

Fossils of Rhamphocephalus range from about 168 to 155 million years old, from the Bathonian to the Oxfordian stages of the Jurassic.2

Several species once placed in Rhamphocephalus, like Pterodactylus bucklandii, are now considered pterosaurs but not within this genus.1

The holotype (original specimen) of Rhamphocephalus prestwichi is just a fragment of skull roof, which made it hard for scientists to identify correctly.1

KI-prent van Rhamphocephalus — 'n KI-prent van hoe Rhamphocephalus 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: Rhamphocephalus is definitely a pterosaur.

Waarheid: The type species is actually a thalattosuchian (a marine crocodylomorph). The pterosaur species once grouped with it are now considered separate.1

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Rhamphocephalus
Benoem deur: Seeley 18805
Groep: Vlieënde reptiele
Familie / klade: Rhamphorhynchidae5
Klassifikasie: Pterosauria > Rhamphorhynchidae5
Ouderdom van die rotse: 168 tot 155 miljoen jaar (Bathonian / Oxfordian)5
Rotsformasies: Taynton Limestone, Cotswold Slate, Chipping Norton Limestone5
Lande: Verenigde Koninkryk5
Fossielrekords: 10 in The Paleobiology Database5
Ook bekend as: Dolichorhamphus (ouer name tel nou as dieselfde dier)5
Ontdekking: Harry Seeley named Rhamphocephalus prestwichi in 1880 based on a skull roof fragment found by Professor Prestwich in Gloucestershire, England.1
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are still unsure which pterosaur species belong to Rhamphocephalus, because many of the fossils are incomplete or poorly preserved.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Rhamphocephalus (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
PaleoCodex :: Rhamphocephalus (paleocodex.com)
Rhamphocephalus (prehistoric-wildlife.com)
Rhamphocephalus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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