Vectidraco
Vectidraco was a small flying reptile that lived in the Early Cretaceous period. It had a wingspan of about 75 centimetres (2.5 feet), which is as wide as a big umbrella. It flew over the seas near what is now the Isle of Wight in England.12
Noiz bizi izan zen?
Zein handia zen?
Zein luzea zen?
Zein handia zen Vectidraco ZUREKIN alderatuta?
Zure nabigatzaileko kalkulu hutsak. Ez da ezer gordetzen ez inora bidaltzen.
Zein azkarra zen?
Datu dibertigarriak
Vectidraco was discovered by a girl named Daisy Morris and her family on a beach in 2008.2
Its name means 'dragon from the Isle of Wight' because it was found there.1
Vectidraco is known only from a partial pelvis and some vertebrae, so scientists are still learning about it.2
It lived about 125 to 119 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period.3
It belonged to a group called azhdarchoids, which includes some of the largest flying animals ever.2

Vectidraco: gehien egindako galderak
?Was Vectidraco a dinosaur?
No, Vectidraco was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived at the same time as dinosaurs but is not a dinosaur itself.14
Dino adituentzat
- Izen zientifikoa
- Vectidraco
- Izendatzailea:
- Naish et al. 20136
- Taldea
- Narrasti hegalariak
- Familia / klada
- Azhdarchoidea6
- Sailkapena
- Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea6
- Arroken adina
- 126 eta 120 milioi urte artean (Barremian / Aptian)6
- Arroka-formazioak
- Vectis6
- Herrialdeak
- Erresuma Batua6
- Fosil-erregistroak
- 1 The Paleobiology Database datu-basean6
- Aurkikuntza
- Vectidraco was discovered by the Morris family on the Isle of Wight in 2008. It was named and described by scientists Darren Naish, Martin Simpson, and Gareth Dyke in 2013.2
- Oraindik eztabaidagai
- Scientists are not sure exactly how Vectidraco is related to other pterosaurs, because only a few bones have been found.2
Datuak nondik datozen
- Vectidraco (en.wikipedia.org)
- A New Small-Bodied Azhdarchoid Pterosaur from the (journals.plos.org)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Pterosaur From The Isle Of Wight | University of Southampton (southampton.ac.uk)
- A New Small-Bodied Azhdarchoid Pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of England and Its Implications for Pterosaur Anatomy, Diversity and Phylogeny | PLOS One (journals.plos.org)
- Vectidraco in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): adina, tokiak, arroka-formazioak, sailkapena.
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