Samrukia
Samrukia was a huge flying reptile that lived in what is now Kazakhstan. It had a very long jaw, and scientists first thought it was a giant bird. Now they think it was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived at the same time as dinosaurs.1
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Samrukia is known only from a single lower jaw bone, which is more than 275 millimetres long.2
When first discovered, scientists thought Samrukia was a giant bird, but later studies showed it was a pterosaur.1
Samrukia lived about 84 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.1
If Samrukia could fly, its wingspan might have been about 4 metres (13 feet). If it was flightless, it might have been 2 to 3 metres (6.6 to 9.8 feet) tall.1
The jaw of Samrukia has no teeth, so it probably had a beak.2
Samrukia is named after Samruk, a magical bird from Kazakh mythology.1

Samrukia: gehien egindako galderak
?Was Samrukia a dinosaur?
No, Samrukia was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived at the same time as dinosaurs. It is not a dinosaur.1
?How big was Samrukia?
If it could fly, its wingspan might have been about 4 metres (13 feet). If it was flightless, it might have been 2 to 3 metres (6.6 to 9.8 feet) tall.1
?What did Samrukia eat?
Samrukia had no teeth in its lower jaw, so it probably had a beak. Scientists think it may have eaten fish or other small animals, but no one knows for sure.1
Mito-hauslea
Mitoa: Samrukia was a giant bird.
Egia: Scientists now agree that Samrukia was a pterosaur, not a bird. The jaw bone has features that are only found in pterosaurs.1
Dino adituentzat
- Izen zientifikoa
- Samrukia
- Izendatzailea:
- Naish et al. 20124
- Taldea
- Narrasti hegalariak
- Familia / klada
- Pterosauria4
- Sailkapena
- Pterosauria4
- Arroken adina
- 86 eta 72 milioi urte artean (Santonian / Campanian)4
- Arroka-formazioak
- Bostobe4
- Herrialdeak
- Kazakhstan4
- Fosil-erregistroak
- 1 The Paleobiology Database datu-basean4
- Aurkikuntza
- Samrukia was named in 2012 by Darren Naish and his team. The only fossil, a lower jaw, was found in the Bostobynskaya Formation in Kazakhstan.14
- Oraindik eztabaidagai
- Scientists are not sure if Samrukia could fly or if it was flightless, because only its jaw has been found.1
Datuak nondik datozen
- Samrukia (en.wikipedia.org)
- untitled (darrennaish.wordpress.com)
- Giant 'phoenix' bird rises again | Fossils | The Guardian (theguardian.com)
- Samrukia in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): adina, tokiak, arroka-formazioak, sailkapena.
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