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Vectidraco

Naam beteken: “dragon from the Isle of Wight”1

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Vectidraco was a small flying reptile that lived in the Early Cretaceous period. It had a wingspan of about 75 centimetres (2.5 feet), which is as wide as a big umbrella. It flew over the seas near what is now the Isle of Wight in England.1 2

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

Het geleef

126 tot 120 miljoen jaar gelede6

Vroeë Kryt

Fossiele gevind in

Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom1 2

Lengte

0,35 m (1,1 ft)1 2

Vlerkspan

0,75 m (2,5 ft)1 2

Topspoed

omtrent 32 km/h (20 mph)

Vlieënd, skatting

Wanneer het dit geleef?

Trias

Jura

Kryt

252 miljoen jaar gelede20114566, die asteroïde

Hoe groot was dit?

Hoe lank was dit?

so lank soos 11 speelgoedboustene in 'n rykon in 12 sekondes oor 'n hele sokkerveld vlieg

Hoe groot was Vectidraco 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)

Vectidraco omtrent 32 km/h (20 mph)

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

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

cool goed

Prettige feite

Vectidraco was discovered by a girl named Daisy Morris and her family on a beach in 2008.2

Its name means 'dragon from the Isle of Wight' because it was found there.1

Vectidraco is known only from a partial pelvis and some vertebrae, so scientists are still learning about it.2

It lived about 125 to 119 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period.3

Vectidraco was a small pterosaur, with a wingspan of only 75 centimetres (2.5 feet).1 2

It belonged to a group called azhdarchoids, which includes some of the largest flying animals ever.2

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

?Was Vectidraco a dinosaur?

No, Vectidraco was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived at the same time as dinosaurs but is not a dinosaur itself.1 4

?How big was Vectidraco?

Vectidraco was very small for a pterosaur, with a wingspan of about 75 centimetres (29.5 inches) and a total length of about 35 centimetres (13.8 inches) from snout to tail, similar in size to a large crow or a gull.1 5 4

?What did Vectidraco eat?

Scientists think Vectidraco was toothless and probably ate small animals or insects, like other azhdarchoid pterosaurs, but no one knows for sure because only its pelvis and some vertebrae have been found.1 5

Vir dino-kenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Vectidraco
Benoem deur: Naish et al. 20136
Groep: Vlieënde reptiele
Familie / klade: Azhdarchoidea6
Klassifikasie: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea6
Ouderdom van die rotse: 126 tot 120 miljoen jaar (Barremian / Aptian)6
Rotsformasies: Vectis6
Lande: Verenigde Koninkryk6
Fossielrekords: 1 in The Paleobiology Database6
Ontdekking: Vectidraco was discovered by the Morris family on the Isle of Wight in 2008. It was named and described by scientists Darren Naish, Martin Simpson, and Gareth Dyke in 2013.2
Steeds omstrede: Scientists are not sure exactly how Vectidraco is related to other pterosaurs, because only a few bones have been found.2

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Vectidraco (en.wikipedia.org)
A New Small-Bodied Azhdarchoid Pterosaur from the (journals.plos.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Pterosaur From The Isle Of Wight | University of Southampton (southampton.ac.uk)
A New Small-Bodied Azhdarchoid Pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of England and Its Implications for Pterosaur Anatomy, Diversity and Phylogeny | PLOS One (journals.plos.org)
Vectidraco in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.

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