Tacuadactylus

Naam beteken: “Tacuadactylus means 'Tacuarembó finger', named after the place where it was found and the Greek word for finger.”1

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Tacuadactylus was a flying reptile that lived about 150 million years ago. It had a long snout with many small teeth, perfect for scooping up fish. It was one of the first pterosaurs ever found in Uruguay!1

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

Het geleef

155 tot 143 miljoen jaar gelede4

Laat Jura tot Vroeë Kryt

Fossiele gevind in

Fossils were found in the Tacuarembó Formation in Uruguay, near Batoví and Bidegain.1 2

Vlerkspan

2,3 m (7,5 ft)3

Topspoed

omtrent 50 km/h (31 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 5 huiskatte van neus tot stertkon in 7,6 sekondes oor 'n hele sokkerveld vlieg

Hoe groot was Tacuadactylus 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)

Tacuadactylus omtrent 50 km/h (31 mph)

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

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

cool goed

Prettige feite

Tacuadactylus was first mistaken for a sawfish! In 2016, scientists thought the snout belonged to an ancient fish, but a CAT scan showed it was actually a pterosaur.1

Its teeth were not straight up and down. They pointed forward and to the sides, which is unusual.2

Tacuadactylus had about 1.58 to 2 teeth per centimeter of jaw, making it a very toothy creature.2

It was the oldest known ctenochasmatid pterosaur from South America when it was named in 2021.1

The name 'luciae' honors the daughter of one of the scientists who described it.1

Tacuadactylus lived during the Late Jurassic, about 152 to 145 million years ago.1

KI-prent van Tacuadactylus — 'n KI-prent van hoe Tacuadactylus 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 might think Tacuadactylus was a dinosaur because it lived long ago and had wings.

Waarheid: Tacuadactylus was a pterosaur, a flying reptile, not a dinosaur. Pterosaurs are a separate group of reptiles.1

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Tacuadactylus
Benoem deur: Soto and Montenegro 20214
Groep: Vlieënde reptiele
Familie / klade: Ctenochasmatidae4
Klassifikasie: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea4
Ouderdom van die rotse: 155 tot 143 miljoen jaar (Kimmeridgian / Tithonian)4
Rotsformasies: Tacuarembó4
Lande: Uruguay4
Fossielrekords: 2 in The Paleobiology Database4
Ontdekking: The first fossil, a snout, was found near Batoví in Uruguay and was initially reported as a sawfish in 2016. In 2021, scientists named it Tacuadactylus luciae after studying it more closely.1
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are still debating exactly how Tacuadactylus used its spoon-shaped snout and many teeth to feed.2

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Tacuadactylus (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Tacuadactylus luciae | Pterosaur Database by DinoAnimals.com (dinoanimals.com)
Tacuadactylus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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