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Klobiodon

Say it: KLOH-bee-oh-don

Name means: “cage tooth”1

Ate: FishFlying reptilesMiddle JurassicNot technically a dinosaur

Klobiodon was a flying reptile that lived near the sea in what is now England. It had long, curved front teeth that locked together like a cage to grab slippery fish.1

Fun fact: pterosaurs flew over the dinosaurs, but they were their cousins, not dinosaurs themselves.

Lived

168 to 165 million years ago6

Middle Jurassic

Fossils found in

Stonesfield, Oxfordshire, England1

Food

Fish2 1

Wingspan

2 m1

estimated adult wingspan

When did it live?

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

252 million years ago20114566, the asteroid

How big was it?

How wide were its wings?

as long as 4 house cats nose to tail

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Fun facts

Klobiodon is known from a fossil jaw that is 140 mm long. Scientists think the whole jaw was about 180 mm long.1

Its name comes from Greek words meaning 'cage tooth', because its big front teeth formed a cage-like trap for fish.1

Klobiodon lived during the Middle Jurassic, about 168 to 165 million years ago.2

This pterosaur was a rhamphorhynchid, a group that often had long tails and large wingspans.1

Klobiodon had two types of teeth: long, curved fangs at the front and shorter, stouter teeth further back.1

The largest front tooth of Klobiodon was at least 1.5 times as tall as the deepest part of its jaw bone.1

AI-made picture of Klobiodon — An AI-made picture of how Klobiodon might have looked, made by a computer from what scientists know. It is a guess: the real animal may have looked different, and nobody knows its true colours.

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?How big was Klobiodon?

Klobiodon had a wingspan of about 2 metres (6.6 feet). Its jaw was about 18 centimetres (7 inches) long.3 4

?What did Klobiodon eat?

Klobiodon ate fish and squid. Its long, curved front teeth locked together like a cage to trap slippery prey.5

?When did Klobiodon live?

Klobiodon lived during the Middle Jurassic, about 166 million years ago.3 5

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Scientific name: Klobiodon
Named by: O'Sullivan and Martill 20186
Group: Flying reptiles
Family / clade: Rhamphorhynchidae6
Classification: Pterosauria > Rhamphorhynchidae6
Age of the rocks: 168 to 165 million years (Bathonian)6
Rock formations: Taunton Limestone6
Countries: United Kingdom6
Fossil records: 1 in the Paleobiology Database6
Discovery: Klobiodon was named in 2018 by Michael O'Sullivan and David Martill. They described it from a jaw found in the Stonesfield Slate of Oxfordshire, England.2 1

Where the facts come from

app004902018 (app.pan.pl)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Klobiodon (en.wikipedia.org)
Pterosauria of the Great Oolite Group (Bathonian, Middle Jurassic) of Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire, England (app.pan.pl)
Rare Flying Reptile with Mouthful of Fangs Trolled Jurassic Skies | Live Science (livescience.com)
Klobiodon in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.

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