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Caupedactylus

Izenaren esanahia: “Caupe's finger, after the Tupi goddess of beauty”1
Jaten zuen: LandareakNarrasti hegalariakBehe KretazeoaTeknikoki ez da dinosauroa

Caupedactylus was a flying reptile with a big, thin crest on its head. It had no teeth and used its beak to eat fruit. It lived about 110 million years ago in what is now Brazil.13

Datu dibertigarria: pterosauroak dinosauroen gainetik hegan egiten zuten, baina haien lehengusuak ziren, ez dinosauroak.
Bizi izan zen
Duela 120 eta 113 milioi urte artean3
Behe Kretazeoa
Fosilak hemen aurkitu dira:
Romualdo Formation, Araripe Basin, northeastern Brazil13
Hego-zabalera
3,3 m (11 ft)1
Abiadura maximoa
58 km/h inguru (36 mph)
Hegan egitea, kalkulua

Noiz bizi izan zen?

Triasikoa
Jurasikoa
Kretazeoa
Duela 252 milioi urte20114566, asteroidea

Zein handia zen?

Zein zabalak ziren bere hegoak?

Caupedactylus hegoak 3,3 m inguru puntatik puntara (11 ft)Heldu baten bizikleta 1,8 m inguru (5,9 ft)Auto bat 4,5 m inguru (15 ft)Elefante bat, gaur egungo lehorreko animaliarik handiena 6,5 m inguru (21 ft)
ilaran jarritako 2 bizikleta bezain zabalak diren hegoakfutbol zelai oso bat zeharkatu zezakeen hegan 6,5 segundotan

Zein handia zen Caupedactylus ZUREKIN alderatuta?

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

Zein azkarra zen?

gauza bikainak

Datu dibertigarriak

1

Caupedactylus had a wingspan of about 3.3 metres (11 feet), making it the largest known tapejarine pterosaur.1

2

Its skull was about 46 centimetres long and had a large, rounded crest that was only half a millimetre thick at the top.1

3

The tip of its snout curved downward, and its upper jaw had a slightly concave lower edge.1

4

The crest on its snout had grooves that may have held blood vessels, possibly helping with temperature control.2

5

Its lower jaw had a thick, slightly convex surface at the rear, and when closed it fit tightly against the upper jaw with no gap.1

6

The holotype specimen (MN 4726-V) is an adult, which is rare for pterosaurs from this formation.1

AAk eginaCaupedactylus: AAk egindako irudia
Caupedactylus 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

Caupedactylus: gehien egindako galderak

?What did Caupedactylus eat?

It ate fruit. Its beak had no teeth, and the Paleobiology Database lists it as a volant frugivore, meaning a flying fruit-eater.3

?How big was Caupedactylus?

Its wingspan was about 3.3 metres, making it the largest known tapejarine pterosaur. Its skull was about 46 centimetres long.1

?When did Caupedactylus live?

It lived about 110 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period (Albian stage).1

?Where was Caupedactylus found?

Its fossils were found in the Romualdo Formation of the Araripe Basin in northeastern Brazil.1

Dino adituentzat

Izen zientifikoa
Caupedactylus
Izendatzailea:
Kellner 20133
Taldea
Narrasti hegalariak
Familia / klada
Tapejaridae3
Sailkapena
Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea3
Arroken adina
120 eta 113 milioi urte artean (Aptian)3
Arroka-formazioak
Crato3
Herrialdeak
Brasil3
Fosil-erregistroak
1 The Paleobiology Database datu-basean3
Aurkikuntza
Caupedactylus was named and described by Alexander Kellner in 2013 based on a partial skeleton found in the Romualdo Formation of Brazil.13
Oraindik eztabaidagai
Scientists are still debating whether the bones in the front of the palate are part of the palatine bones or the maxillae.1

Datuak nondik datozen

  1. Caupedactylus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. A new unusual tapejarid (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from the Early Cretaceous Romualdo Formation, Araripe Basin, Brazil (cambridge.org)
  3. Caupedactylus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): adina, tokiak, arroka-formazioak, sailkapena.

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