Samrukia
Samrukia was a huge flying reptile that lived in what is now Kazakhstan. It had a very long jaw, and scientists first thought it was a giant bird. Now they think it was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived at the same time as dinosaurs.1
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Na ne ntaban trɛ sɛn?
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Na ne mu yɛ duru sɛn?
ntaban trɛ sɛ sakre 2 a ɛtoatoa so
ne mu duru te sɛ fie agyinamoa 12🍉ne mu duru te sɛ watamɛlɔn 10🧸ne mu duru te sɛ nkɔkɔaa sukuu mmofra 2.5🎒ne mu duru te sɛ sukuu mmofra 1.5⚽anka ɔbɛtumi atu atwa bɔɔlobɔ prama mũ wɔ sikɛn 6 muSamrukia 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?
Nsɛm a ɛyɛ anigye
Samrukia is known only from a single lower jaw bone, which is more than 275 millimetres long.2
When first discovered, scientists thought Samrukia was a giant bird, but later studies showed it was a pterosaur.1
Samrukia lived about 84 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.1
If Samrukia could fly, its wingspan might have been about 4 metres (13 feet). If it was flightless, it might have been 2 to 3 metres (6.6 to 9.8 feet) tall.1
The jaw of Samrukia has no teeth, so it probably had a beak.2
Samrukia is named after Samruk, a magical bird from Kazakh mythology.1

Nsɛm a wɔbisa bebree fa Samrukia ho
?Was Samrukia a dinosaur?
No, Samrukia was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived at the same time as dinosaurs. It is not a dinosaur.1
?How big was Samrukia?
If it could fly, its wingspan might have been about 4 metres (13 feet). If it was flightless, it might have been 2 to 3 metres (6.6 to 9.8 feet) tall.1
?What did Samrukia eat?
Samrukia had no teeth in its lower jaw, so it probably had a beak. Scientists think it may have eaten fish or other small animals, but no one knows for sure.1
Atosɛm sɛefoɔ
Atosɛm: Samrukia was a giant bird.
Nokorɛ: Scientists now agree that Samrukia was a pterosaur, not a bird. The jaw bone has features that are only found in pterosaurs.1
Ma dino ho animdefoɔ
- Nyansahu din
- Samrukia
- Obi a ɔtoo din
- Naish et al. 20124
- Kuo
- Wim mmoa a wɔwea
- Abusua / kuo kɛseɛ
- Pterosauria4
- Nkyekyɛmu
- Pterosauria4
- Abotan no mfeɛ
- mfeɛ ɔpepem 86 kɔsi 72 (Santonian / Campanian)4
- Abotan nhyehyɛeɛ
- Bostobe4
- Aman
- Kazakstan4
- Fɔsil nkyerɛwee
- 1 wɔ The Paleobiology Database mu4
- Nhunumu
- Samrukia was named in 2012 by Darren Naish and his team. The only fossil, a lower jaw, was found in the Bostobynskaya Formation in Kazakhstan.14
- Wɔda so gye ho akyinnye
- Scientists are not sure if Samrukia could fly or if it was flightless, because only its jaw has been found.1
Baabi a nsɛm no firi
- Samrukia (en.wikipedia.org)
- untitled (darrennaish.wordpress.com)
- Giant 'phoenix' bird rises again | Fossils | The Guardian (theguardian.com)
- Samrukia in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): mfeɛ, mmeaeɛ, abotan nhyehyɛeɛ, nkyekyɛmu.
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