Eotephradactylus

Din no ase: “ash-winged dawn goddess”1

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

Eotephradactylus was a seagull-sized flying reptile that lived about 209 million years ago in what is now Arizona, USA. It had a long jaw full of teeth and probably ate fish with tough, armor-like scales.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 227 kɔsi 206 a atwam4

Triasik Awieeɛ

Wɔhunuu fɔsil wɔ

Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, USA4 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)

Eotephradactylus 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

Eotephradactylus is one of the oldest pterosaurs ever found in North America.2

Its jawbone was discovered inside a block of rock that was being prepared in a lab, not in the field.1

The tips of its teeth were worn down, which suggests it chewed on hard fish scales or shells.1

It lived in a hot, drying part of the supercontinent Pangaea, near the equator.1

The same bonebed where Eotephradactylus was found also contained one of the world's oldest turtle fossils.2

Its name comes from Greek words meaning 'dawn', 'ash', and 'wing', because it was found in volcanic ash.1

Yei yɛ Eotephradactylus 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 Eotephradactylus ho

?How big was Eotephradactylus?

About the size of a small seagull. Its jaw was about 4.3 cm long, and its wingspan was probably around 1 m.3

?What did Eotephradactylus eat?

It probably ate hard-shelled invertebrates or fish with tough, armor-like scales. The tips of its teeth were worn down from chewing.3 1

?Is Eotephradactylus a dinosaur?

No, it is a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived alongside dinosaurs. It is not a dinosaur.3

?When did Eotephradactylus live?

It lived about 209 million years ago, during the Late Triassic period. That is around 7 million years before the end-Triassic extinction.1

Ma dino ho animdefoɔ

Nyansahu din: Eotephradactylus
Obi a ɔtoo din: Kligman et al. 20254
Kuo: Wim mmoa a wɔwea
Abusua / kuo kɛseɛ: Pterosauria4
Nkyekyɛmu: Pterosauria4
Abotan no mfeɛ: mfeɛ ɔpepem 227 kɔsi 206 (Norian)4
Abotan nhyehyɛeɛ: Chinle4
Aman: Amerika4
Fɔsil nkyerɛwee: 1 wɔ The Paleobiology Database mu4
Nhunumu: Eotephradactylus was named by Ben Kligman and colleagues in 2025. The specimen was discovered by Suzanne McIntire while she was preparing a rock block in the lab at Petrified Forest National Park.1 2
Wɔda so gye ho akyinnye: Scientists are not sure exactly how big Eotephradactylus was, because only its jawbone has been found so far.1

Baabi a nsɛm no firi

Unusual bone bed reveals a vertebrate community with pterosaurs and turtles in equatorial Pangaea before the end-Triassic extinction - PMC (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
si.edu (si.edu)
Eotephradactylus (en.wikipedia.org)
Eotephradactylus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): mfeɛ, mmeaeɛ, abotan nhyehyɛeɛ, nkyekyɛmu.

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