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Tupandactylus

Naam beteken: “Tupã finger, after the Tupi thunder god”1
Het geëet: PlanteVlieënde reptieleVroeë KrytTegnies nie 'n dinosourus nie

Tupandactylus was a flying reptile with a huge, colorful crest on its head. It lived in what is now Brazil about 115 million years ago and probably ate plants like a flying fruit-lover.12

Prettige feit: pterosourusse het oor die dinosourusse gevlieg, maar hulle was hul neefs, nie self dinosourusse nie.
Het geleef
120 tot 113 miljoen jaar gelede5
Vroeë Kryt
Fossiele gevind in
Crato Formation, Ceará, Brazil12
Vlerkspan
2,7 tot 4 m (8,9 tot 13 ft)1
Hoogte
1,5 m (4,9 ft)1
Topspoed
omtrent 63 km/h (39 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?

Tupandactylus vlerke omtrent 4 m van punt tot punt (13 ft)'n Grootmensfiets omtrent 1,8 m (5,9 ft)'n Motor omtrent 4,5 m (15 ft)'n Olifant, die grootste landdier vandag omtrent 6,5 m (21 ft)

Hoe hoog was dit?

'n Hondomtrent 0,5 m (1,6 ft)Tupandactylusomtrent 1,5 m hoog (4,9 ft)'n Perdomtrent 1,6 m (5,2 ft)'n Olifantomtrent 3,2 m (10 ft)
vlerke so wyd soos 2 fietse in 'n rykon in 6 sekondes oor 'n hele sokkerveld vlieg

Hoe groot was Tupandactylus vergeleke met JOU?

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

Hoe vinnig was dit?

cool goed

Prettige feite

1

Tupandactylus had a giant head crest made of soft tissue and supported by bone spines. In T. imperator the crest was round, while in T. navigans it was tall and vertical.1

2

Its name comes from Tupã, the Tupi thunder god, and daktylos, the Greek word for finger.1

3

Tupandactylus probably spent a lot of time on the ground and only flew short distances, because its big crest made flying harder.1

4

The first fossil of Tupandactylus was a skull and partial lower jaw found in the Crato Formation of Brazil.1

5

Scientists think Tupandactylus may have been a terrestrial forager, walking around on the ground to find food.1

6

Tupandactylus had a fifth toe on its foot with a single bone, a feature seen in some other azhdarchoid pterosaurs.3

Deur KI gemaakKI-prent van Tupandactylus
'n KI-prent van hoe Tupandactylus 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 Tupandactylus

?How big was Tupandactylus?

Tupandactylus imperator had a wingspan of about 3 to 4 metres (9.8 to 13.1 feet) and stood about 1.5 metres (4.9 feet) tall to the tip of its crest. The smaller species, T. navigans, had a wingspan of about 2.7 metres (8.9 feet).14

?Why did Tupandactylus have a crest?

Scientists think the crest was used for social or sexual display, like a peacock's tail. It was made of soft tissue and bone, and it was so big it may have made flying harder.14

?What did Tupandactylus eat?

Tupandactylus probably ate plants, like fruit, and may have used its long neck to reach food from higher bushes. Some fossils show plant material near its skull, hinting it was a herbivore.14

?Was Tupandactylus a dinosaur?

No, Tupandactylus was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that is not a dinosaur. It is closely related to dinosaurs but belongs to a separate group.1

?When did Tupandactylus live?

Tupandactylus lived about 112 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period, in what is now Brazil.1

Mite-breker

Mite: Some people think Tupandactylus was a dinosaur.

Waarheid: Tupandactylus was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that is not a dinosaur.1

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam
Tupandactylus
Benoem deur
Kellner and Campos 20075
Groep
Vlieënde reptiele
Familie / klade
Tapejaridae5
Klassifikasie
Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea5
Ouderdom van die rotse
120 tot 113 miljoen jaar (Aptian)5
Rotsformasies
Crato5
Lande
Brasilië5
Fossielrekords
3 in The Paleobiology Database5
Ontdekking
Tupandactylus was first described in 1997 as a species of Tapejara by D. A. Campos and Alexander W. A. Kellner. In 2007, Campos and Kellner gave it its own genus name Tupandactylus.1
Steeds omstrede
Scientists are not sure if Tupandactylus imperator and Tupandactylus navigans are two different species or just males and females of the same species.1

Waar die feite vandaan kom

  1. Tupandactylus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  3. Redescription of Tupandactylus imperator Campos & Keller, 1997 (Pterosauria, Tapejaridae) based on a new complete specimen from the Crato Formation (Aptian-Albian) of the Araripe Basin, Ceará, Brazil (doi.org)
  4. Pterosaur had a head crest so tall it may have made it hard to fly | New Scientist (newscientist.com)
  5. Tupandactylus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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