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Balaenognathus

Izenaren esanahia: “whale jaw”1
Jaten zuen: ArrainaNarrasti hegalariakGoi JurasikoaTeknikoki ez da dinosauroa

Balaenognathus was a flying reptile that lived about 150 million years ago. It had a strange, spoon-shaped snout with hundreds of tiny hooked teeth. It used its beak like a strainer to scoop up tiny shrimp from the water, just like a modern flamingo.12

Datu dibertigarria: pterosauroak dinosauroen gainetik hegan egiten zuten, baina haien lehengusuak ziren, ez dinosauroak.
Bizi izan zen
Duela 152 eta 149 milioi urte artean6
Goi Jurasikoa
Fosilak hemen aurkitu dira:
Bavaria, Germany31
Luzera
1 m (3,3 ft)2
Hego-zabalera
1,17 m (3,8 ft)14
Abiadura maximoa
38 km/h inguru (24 mph)
Hegan egitea, kalkulua

Noiz bizi izan zen?

Triasikoa
Jurasikoa
Kretazeoa
Duela 252 milioi urte20114566, asteroidea

Zein handia zen?

Zein luzea zen?

Balaenognathus 1 m inguru luze (3,3 ft)Etxeko katu bat 0,5 m inguru (1,6 ft)Txakur bat 1 m inguru (3,3 ft)Heldu baten bizikleta 1,8 m inguru (5,9 ft)
2 etxeko katu bezain luze, sudurretik buztanerabata bestearen atzean jarritako 6 banana bezain luzefutbol zelai oso bat zeharkatu zezakeen hegan 9,9 segundotan

Zein handia zen Balaenognathus ZUREKIN alderatuta?

Zure nabigatzaileko kalkulu hutsak. Ez da ezer gordetzen ez inora bidaltzen.

Zein azkarra zen?

gauza bikainak

Datu dibertigarriak

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Balaenognathus had at least 480 teeth, more than most other pterosaurs.1

2

The tips of its teeth had tiny hooks, which have never been seen in any other pterosaur. These hooks helped trap shrimp so they couldn't escape.12

3

The front of its snout was shaped like a spatula and had no teeth, so water could flow in easily.1

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Its upper jaw was more curved than its lower jaw, so its mouth stayed slightly open at the front even when closed.1

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The fossil was found by accident in a quarry in Germany, inside a block of stone that also contained bones of a crocodile-like animal.12

6

Balaenognathus lived during the Late Jurassic period, about 152 to 149 million years ago.3

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It had long legs, which helped it wade through shallow seas while feeding.2

AAk eginaBalaenognathus: AAk egindako irudia
Balaenognathus nolakoa izan zitekeen erakusten duen AAk egindako irudia, ordenagailu batek zientzialariek dakitenetik sortua. Asmakizun bat da: benetako animalia desberdina izan zitekeen, eta inork ez daki zein ziren bere benetako koloreak.
zure galderak

Balaenognathus: gehien egindako galderak

?What did Balaenognathus eat?

It ate tiny shrimp and other small plankton. It used its spoon-shaped beak and hundreds of tiny hooked teeth to strain them out of the water.12

?How big was Balaenognathus?

It was a medium-sized pterosaur with a wingspan of 1.17 metres (3.8 feet). Its body was about 1 metre long.5

?Why did Balaenognathus have so many teeth?

Balaenognathus had over 480 long, slender teeth with tiny hooks at the tips. These teeth formed a fine mesh like a net to trap tiny shrimp while letting water escape.12

Dino adituentzat

Izen zientifikoa
Balaenognathus
Izendatzailea:
Martill et al. 20236
Taldea
Narrasti hegalariak
Familia / klada
Ctenochasmatidae6
Sailkapena
Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea6
Arroken adina
152 eta 149 milioi urte artean (Kimmeridgian)6
Herrialdeak
Alemania6
Fosil-erregistroak
1 The Paleobiology Database datu-basean6
Aurkikuntza
Balaenognathus was named by David Martill and colleagues in 2023. The only known fossil was found in September 2011 in a quarry near Wattendorf, Bavaria, Germany, by workers collecting a block of limestone.1
Oraindik eztabaidagai
Scientists are not sure exactly how Balaenognathus used its hooked teeth and spatula-like snout to filter food, but they think it may have pumped water in and out by moving its long neck.1

Datuak nondik datozen

  1. A new pterodactyloid pterosaur with a unique filter-feeding apparatus from the Late Jurassic of Germany | PalZ | Springer Nature Link (link.springer.com)
  2. Bizarre filter-feeding pterosaur described from Germany | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
  3. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  4. Balaenognathus (en.m.wikipedia.org)
  5. Balaenognathus (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia)
  6. Balaenognathus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): adina, tokiak, arroka-formazioak, sailkapena.

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