Dawndraco

Din no ase: “dawn dragon of the Kanza tribe”1 2

Ɔdii: NsuomnamWim mmoa a wɔweaKretasias AwieeɛNyansahu mu deɛ, ɔnyɛ dinosɔɔ

Dawndraco was a flying reptile with a very long, straight beak that did not taper like other pteranodonts. It soared over the ancient sea that covered Kansas about 86 million years ago, scooping up fish.1 2

Asɛm a ɛyɛ anigye: pterosɔɔ tuu wim wɔ dinosɔɔ so, nanso na wɔyɛ wɔn abusuafoɔ, na wɔnyɛ dinosɔɔ ankasa.

Ɔtenaa ase

mfeɛ ɔpepem 90 kɔsi 84 a atwam3

Kretasias Awieeɛ

Wɔhunuu fɔsil wɔ

Utica, Kansas, USA3 1

Ntɛmntɛm a ɛsen biara

bɛyɛ 52 km/h (32 mph)

Wimtuo, nsusuiɛ

Berɛ bɛn na ɛtenaa ase?

Triasik

Jurasik

Kretasias

mfeɛ ɔpepem 252 a atwam20114566, ɔsoro ɛboɔ no

Na ɛyɛ ntɛm sɛn?

Onipa a ɔnante bɛyɛ 5 km/h (3 mph)

Abofra a ɔte sakre so bɛyɛ 12 km/h (7 mph)

Dawndraco bɛyɛ 52 km/h (32 mph)

Ɔpɔnkɔ a ɔretu mmirika bɛyɛ 65 km/h (40 mph)

Kyiita bɛyɛ 100 km/h (62 mph)

nneɛma a ɛyɛ fɛ

Nsɛm a ɛyɛ anigye

Dawndraco is known from only one partial skeleton, including an almost complete skull and lower jaws.1 2

Its snout did not taper like in other pteranodonts; the upper and lower edges ran almost parallel.1 2

The name Dawndraco combines the Iroquois dawn goddess with the Latin word for dragon.1 2

The species name kanzai honors the Kanza (Kaw) tribe, after which Kansas is named.1 2

Dawndraco lived about 86 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.1 2

The fossil was found in the Smoky Hill Chalk Member of the Niobrara Formation, which was once the floor of a shallow sea.1 2

Yei yɛ Dawndraco mfonini a AI yɛeɛ, sɛdeɛ ebia na ɔteɛ. Kɔmputa na ɛyɛeɛ firi deɛ nyansahufoɔ nim mu. Ɛyɛ nsusuiɛ: ebia na aboa ankasa no nte saa, na obiara nnim ne kɔla ankasa.

wobisaeɛ

Nsɛm a wɔbisa bebree fa Dawndraco ho

?Is Dawndraco a dinosaur?

No, Dawndraco is a pterosaur, a flying reptile that is not a dinosaur.1

?How big was Dawndraco?

The exact size is not known from the sources, but it was a pteranodontid pterosaur with a wingspan likely similar to other pteranodonts, around 4 to 6 metres (13 to 20 feet).1

?What did Dawndraco eat?

Dawndraco ate fish, which it scooped up while soaring over the ancient sea.1

?Why is Dawndraco controversial?

Some scientists think Dawndraco is not a separate genus but just a young male Pteranodon sternbergi, so its status is debated.1

Atosɛm sɛefoɔ

Atosɛm: Dawndraco is definitely a separate genus from Pteranodon.

Nokorɛ: Many scientists think Dawndraco is actually a young male of Pteranodon sternbergi (also called Geosternbergia), not a distinct genus.1

Ma dino ho animdefoɔ

Nyansahu din: Dawndraco
Obi a ɔtoo din: Kellner 20103
Kuo: Wim mmoa a wɔwea
Abusua / kuo kɛseɛ: Pteranodontidae3
Nkyekyɛmu: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea > Pteranodontidae3
Abotan no mfeɛ: mfeɛ ɔpepem 90 kɔsi 84 (Coniacian / Santonian)3
Abotan nhyehyɛeɛ: Niobrara3
Aman: Amerika3
Fɔsil nkyerɛwee: 1 wɔ The Paleobiology Database mu3
Nhunumu: The only known Dawndraco fossil was found in 1974 by Richard C. Fox and Allen Lindoe in Utica, Kansas. It was named by Alexander W.A. Kellner in 2010.1 2
Wɔda so gye ho akyinnye: Scientists still debate whether Dawndraco is a valid genus or just a young Pteranodon sternbergi.1

Baabi a nsɛm no firi

Dawndraco (en.wikipedia.org)
Brasil - Comments on the Pteranodontidae (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) with the description of two new species Comments on the Pteranodontidae (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) with the description of two new species (scielo.br)
Dawndraco in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): mfeɛ, mmeaeɛ, abotan nhyehyɛeɛ, nkyekyɛmu.

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