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Dearc

Izenaren esanahia: “winged reptile or reptile from Skye in Scottish Gaelic”1
Jaten zuen: ArrainaNarrasti hegalariakErdi JurasikoaTeknikoki ez da dinosauroa

Dearc was a flying reptile that lived in the Middle Jurassic, about 167 million years ago. It was one of the biggest flying animals of its time, with wings as wide as a small car! It soared over the lagoons of what is now Scotland.1

Datu dibertigarria: pterosauroak dinosauroen gainetik hegan egiten zuten, baina haien lehengusuak ziren, ez dinosauroak.
Bizi izan zen
Duela 168 eta 165 milioi urte artean6
Erdi Jurasikoa
Fosilak hemen aurkitu dira:
Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK13
Hego-zabalera
2,5 eta 3 m artean (8,2 eta 9,8 ft artean)13
Abiadura maximoa
52 km/h inguru (32 mph)
Hegan egitea, kalkulua

Noiz bizi izan zen?

Triasikoa
Jurasikoa
Kretazeoa
Duela 252 milioi urte20114566, asteroidea

Zein handia zen?

Zein zabalak ziren bere hegoak?

Dearc hegoak 3 m inguru puntatik puntara (9,8 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 1,5 bizikleta bezain zabalak diren hegoakfutbol zelai oso bat zeharkatu zezakeen hegan 7,3 segundotan

Zein handia zen Dearc ZUREKIN alderatuta?

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

Zein azkarra zen?

gauza bikainak

Datu dibertigarriak

1

Dearc was not fully grown when it died. It was a juvenile or subadult, still actively growing, so adults might have been even bigger.13

2

Its wingspan was about 2.5 to 3 metres (8 to 10 feet), as wide as a wandering albatross, the largest flying bird today.1

3

Before Dearc was discovered, scientists thought pterosaurs stayed small until the Cretaceous period. Dearc shows they got big much earlier.13

4

The fossil was found at Brothers' Point on the Isle of Skye in 2017, during a National Geographic-funded field trip.1

5

Its name comes from Scottish Gaelic and means both 'winged reptile' and 'reptile from Skye', because Skye is called the 'winged isle'.1

6

Dearc had a long, low skull and a slender upper arm bone, which helped it fly.1

AAk eginaDearc: AAk egindako irudia
Dearc 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

Dearc: gehien egindako galderak

?How big was Dearc?

Dearc had a wingspan of about 2.5 to 3 metres, as wide as a wandering albatross, the largest flying bird today. It was not fully grown when it died, so adults might have been even bigger.34

?When did Dearc live?

Dearc lived in the Middle Jurassic, about 167 million years ago.3

?Where was Dearc found?

The fossil was found at Brothers' Point on the Isle of Skye in Scotland in 2017.3

?What did Dearc eat?

Dearc had two types of teeth: long fangs at the front and peg-like teeth further back, which suggests it ate fish or other small animals.3

?Is Dearc a dinosaur?

No, Dearc is a pterosaur, a flying reptile, not a dinosaur.3

?Why is Dearc important?

Dearc shows that pterosaurs grew to large sizes much earlier than scientists thought, because before its discovery they believed big pterosaurs only appeared in the Cretaceous.35

Dino adituentzat

Izen zientifikoa
Dearc
Izendatzailea:
Jagielska et al. 20226
Taldea
Narrasti hegalariak
Familia / klada
Rhamphorhynchidae6
Sailkapena
Pterosauria > Rhamphorhynchidae6
Arroken adina
168 eta 165 milioi urte artean (Bathonian)6
Arroka-formazioak
Lealt Shale6
Herrialdeak
Erresuma Batua6
Fosil-erregistroak
1 The Paleobiology Database datu-basean6
Aurkikuntza
The first Dearc fossil was discovered on May 23, 2017, at Brothers' Point on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, by a team led by Stephen Brusatte. It was named Dearc sgiathanach by Jagielska and colleagues in 2022.1
Oraindik eztabaidagai
Scientists are not sure exactly how big Dearc could grow, because the only known fossil is from a young animal that was still growing.1

Datuak nondik datozen

  1. A skeleton from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland illuminates an earlier origin of large pterosaurs: Current Biology (cell.com)
  2. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  3. Dearc (en.wikipedia.org)
  4. Report A skeleton from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland illuminates an earlier origin of large pterosaurs (sciencedirect.com)
  5. Jurassic Dearc | Nature Ecology & Evolution (nature.com)
  6. Dearc in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): adina, tokiak, arroka-formazioak, sailkapena.

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