Harpactognathus
Harpactognathus was a large flying reptile that lived during the Jurassic period. It had a strong, wide beak and sharp teeth for grabbing prey. This pterosaur was one of the biggest of its kind that did not belong to the short-tailed pterodactyl group.1
Калі ён жыў?
Які ён быў вялікі?
Які ў яго быў размах крылаў?
крылы шырынёй як 1,5 ровараў у рад⚽мог бы пераляцець цэлае футбольнае поле за 7,3 сНаколькі вялікім быў Harpactognathus у параўнанні з ТАБОЙ?
Толькі матэматыка ў тваім браўзеры. Нічога не захоўваецца і нікуды не адпраўляецца.
Наколькі ён быў хуткі?
Цікавыя факты
Harpactognathus is known from only a partial skull and a few other bones, so scientists are still learning about its full appearance.1
It had a crest on the front of its skull that might have been used for display to attract mates or show off to rivals.1
With a wingspan of about 2.5 metres (8.2 feet), Harpactognathus was among the largest non-pterodactyloid pterosaurs.1
Its fossils were found in the Morrison Formation, the same rock layer that contains famous dinosaurs like Stegosaurus and Diplodocus.1
Unlike many other pterosaurs that ate fish, Harpactognathus probably hunted small animals on land near rivers and lakes.1
The name Harpactognathus comes from Greek words meaning 'seizing jaw', which describes its strong, grabbing beak.1

Пра што найчасцей пытаюцца: Harpactognathus
?Was Harpactognathus a dinosaur?
No, Harpactognathus was a pterosaur, a flying reptile, not a dinosaur.1
?How big was Harpactognathus?
It had an estimated wingspan of about 2.5 metres (8.2 feet) and a skull length of 280 to 300 millimetres (11 to 12 inches).1
?What did Harpactognathus eat?
It was a terrestrial carnivore that probably hunted small animals on land near rivers and lakes, not fish like many other pterosaurs.1
?Where was Harpactognathus found?
Its fossils were found in the Morrison Formation in Wyoming, USA, the same rock layer as Stegosaurus and Diplodocus.1
?Did Harpactognathus have a crest?
Yes, it had a thin crest on the front of its skull that may have been used for display to attract mates or show off to rivals.1
?When did Harpactognathus live?
It lived during the Kimmeridgian stage of the Late Jurassic period, about 157 to 152 million years ago.1
Разбуральнік міфаў
Міф: Harpactognathus is often thought to be a dinosaur.
Праўда: Harpactognathus was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that is not a dinosaur.1
Для знаўцаў дыназаўраў
- Навуковая назва
- Harpactognathus
- Назву даў
- Carpenter et al. 20032
- Група
- Лятучыя рэптыліі
- Сямейства / клада
- Lonchognatha2
- Класіфікацыя
- Pterosauria2
- Узрост парод
- ад 152 да 145 мільёнаў гадоў (Kimmeridgian / Tithonian)2
- Горныя пароды
- Morrison2
- Краіны
- ЗША2
- Знаходкі выкапняў
- 1 у базе The Paleobiology Database2
- Адкрыццё
- Harpactognathus was named in 2003 by paleontologist Kenneth Carpenter and his team. The first fossil, a partial snout, was found in 1996 at Bone Cabin Quarry in Wyoming, USA. The species name honors Joe Gentry, a volunteer who helped with fossil preparation.1
- Навукоўцы яшчэ спрачаюцца
- Scientists are not sure whether Harpactognathus belongs to the scaphognathine or rhamphorhynchine group of pterosaurs, because its fossils are so incomplete.1
Адкуль бяруцца факты
- Harpactognathus (en.wikipedia.org)
- Harpactognathus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): узрост, месцы, горныя пароды, класіфікацыя.
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