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Pterodaustro

Din no ase: “wing from the south”1

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

Pterodaustro was a flying reptile that lived near lakes in what is now Argentina. It had a weird mouth with about 1,000 long, bristle-like teeth in its lower jaw, just like a comb! It used those teeth to strain tiny shrimp and other small animals from the water, just like flamingos do today.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 121 kɔsi 100 a atwam5

Kretasias Mfiase

Wɔhunuu fɔsil wɔ

Argentina (San Luis Province) and possibly Chile, but the Chilean fossils turned out to belong to another pterosaur.1 3

Ntaban trɛmu

kɔsi 3 m (9.8 ft)1

Mu duru

kɔsi 9.2 kg (20 lb)1

Ntɛmntɛm a ɛsen biara

bɛyɛ 56 km/h (35 mph)

Wimtuo, nsusuiɛ

Berɛ bɛn na ɛtenaa ase?

Triasik

Jurasik

Kretasias

mfeɛ ɔpepem 252 a atwam20114566, ɔsoro ɛboɔ no

Na ne kɛseɛ yɛ sɛn?

Na ne ntaban trɛ sɛn?

Na ne mu yɛ duru sɛn?

ne mu duru te sɛ fie agyinamoa 2.5

ntaban trɛ sɛ sakre 1.5 a ɛtoatoa sone mu duru te sɛ kwadu 77anka ɔbɛtumi atu atwa bɔɔlobɔ prama mũ wɔ sikɛn 6.8 mu

Pterodaustro kɛseɛ yɛ sɛn sɛ wode toto WO ho a?

Akontaa nko ara wɔ wo browser mu. Yɛnkora biribiara so, na yɛmmfa biribiara nkɔ baabiara.

Na ɛyɛ ntɛm sɛn?

Onipa a ɔnante bɛyɛ 5 km/h (3 mph)

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

Pterodaustro bɛyɛ 56 km/h (35 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

Pterodaustro had about 1,000 teeth in its lower jaw, each only 0.2 to 0.3 millimeters wide. That's thinner than a human hair!1 2

Scientists have found over 750 fossils of Pterodaustro, including eggs and embryos, making it one of the best-known pterosaurs.1

Pterodaustro had a long tail with 22 vertebrae, which is unusual for a pterodactyloid pterosaur. Most others have at most 16.1

Two Pterodaustro fossils were found with gizzard stones in their stomachs. These are the first gizzard stones ever reported for any pterosaur.1

Pterodaustro may have been pink like a flamingo! Its diet of tiny crustaceans could have given it a pink color, just like flamingos get from eating brine shrimp.1 2

Pterodaustro had a hard time taking off from the ground. Because of its long body and short legs, it needed a lot of open space to launch, like modern geese and swans.1

Juvenile Pterodaustro grew quickly in their first two years, reaching about half of adult size. They then grew more slowly for four to five years until they were fully grown.1

Yei yɛ Pterodaustro 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 Pterodaustro ho

?How big was Pterodaustro?

It had a wingspan of about 3 metres (9 ft 10 in) and weighed about 9.2 kilograms (20 lb).1

?Is Pterodaustro a dinosaur?

No, it is a pterosaur, which is a flying reptile, not a dinosaur.1 4

?What did Pterodaustro eat?

It ate tiny shrimp, crustaceans, and other small water animals. It used its comb-like teeth to strain them from the water, just like flamingos do.2 1 4

?Could Pterodaustro swim?

Yes, it had a long body and large, splayed feet that were adaptations for swimming and wading in lakes.1

?Why did Pterodaustro have so many teeth?

Its lower jaw had about 1,000 long, bristle-like teeth that formed a comb. This comb helped it filter tiny animals like shrimp out of the water.2 1 4

?Was Pterodaustro pink?

Maybe. Scientists think it could have been pinkish just like flamingos, because its diet of brine shrimp might have given it that color.2 1

Atosɛm sɛefoɔ

Atosɛm: Pterodaustro was a dinosaur.

Nokorɛ: Pterodaustro was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived at the same time as dinosaurs but is not a dinosaur.1

Ma dino ho animdefoɔ

Nyansahu din: Pterodaustro
Obi a ɔtoo din: Bonaparte 19705
Kuo: Wim mmoa a wɔwea
Abusua / kuo kɛseɛ: Lophocratia5
Nkyekyɛmu: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea5
Abotan no mfeɛ: mfeɛ ɔpepem 121 kɔsi 100 (Aptian / Albian)5
Abotan nhyehyɛeɛ: Lagarcito, La Cruz5
Aman: Argentina5
Fɔsil nkyerɛwee: 2 wɔ The Paleobiology Database mu5
Nhunumu: The first fossils of Pterodaustro were discovered in the late 1960s by paleontologist José Bonaparte in the Lagarcito Formation of San Luis Province, Argentina. Bonaparte named the genus in 1970, with the species name P. guinazui honoring Román Guiñazú.1
Wɔda so gye ho akyinnye: Scientists are still debating whether Pterodaustro was actually pink like a flamingo. While its diet suggests it could have been, no direct fossil evidence of color has been found.1 2

Baabi a nsɛm no firi

Pterodaustro (en.wikipedia.org)
Pterosaur of the Day: Pterodaustro | AMNH (amnh.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Pterodaustro guinazui (amnh.org)
Pterodaustro in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): mfeɛ, mmeaeɛ, abotan nhyehyɛeɛ, nkyekyɛmu.

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