Aussiedraco

O nome significa: “Australian dragon”1

Comía: PeixeRéptiles voadoresCretáceo InferiorTecnicamente non é un dinosauro

Aussiedraco was a flying reptile that soared over the ancient seas of Australia about 105 million years ago. It had a long, toothy beak and likely snatched fish from the water. Only a piece of its lower jaw has been found, but that was enough for scientists to name it a new species.2 1

Dato curioso: os pterosauros voaban por riba dos dinosauros, pero eran os seus curmáns, non dinosauros.

Viviu

hai entre 106 e 100 millóns de anos5

Cretáceo Inferior

Fósiles atopados en

Queensland, Australia2 1

Velocidade máxima

uns 52 km/h (32 mph)

Voar, estimación

Cando viviu?

Triásico

Xurásico

Cretáceo

Hai 252 millóns de anos20114566, o asteroide

Que velocidade alcanzaba?

Unha persoa camiñando uns 5 km/h (3 mph)

Un neno en bici uns 12 km/h (7 mph)

Aussiedraco uns 52 km/h (32 mph)

Un cabalo ao galope uns 65 km/h (40 mph)

Un guepardo uns 100 km/h (62 mph)

cousas xeniais

Datos curiosos

Aussiedraco is only the second pterosaur ever named from Australia.3

Its name means 'Australian dragon', 'Aussie' is a nickname for Australian, and 'draco' is Latin for dragon.1

The only known fossil is a piece of the lower jaw, called a mandibular symphysis, that is 88 mm long.1

The jaw has five tooth sockets on each side, and one still held a tiny replacement tooth.1

Aussiedraco lived during the Albian age of the Early Cretaceous, about 106 to 100 million years ago.2

Its fossils were found in the Toolebuc Formation, which was once a shallow sea.2 1

Imaxe de Aussiedraco feita con IA — Unha imaxe feita con IA de como podería ser Aussiedraco, creada por un ordenador a partir do que saben os científicos. É unha suposición: o animal real podía ser diferente, e ninguén sabe as súas cores de verdade.

ti preguntaches

As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Aussiedraco

?How big was Aussiedraco?

Nobody knows for sure because only a piece of its lower jaw, 88 mm long, has been found. Scientists cannot estimate its full size from just that fragment.4 1

?What did Aussiedraco eat?

Aussiedraco likely ate fish. Its long, toothy beak and the way its teeth could interlock suggest it snatched fish from the water.4

?When did Aussiedraco live?

Aussiedraco lived during the Early Cretaceous, about 105 to 100 million years ago, in the Albian age.4

?Is Aussiedraco a dinosaur?

No. Aussiedraco is a pterosaur, a flying reptile, not a dinosaur.4

Para expertos en dinos

Nome científico: Aussiedraco
Bautizado por: Kellner et al. 20115
Grupo: Réptiles voadores
Familia / clado: Pteranodontoidea5
Clasificación: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea5
Idade das rochas: de 106 a 100 millóns de anos (Albian)5
Formacións rochosas: Toolebuc5
Países: Australia5
Rexistros fósiles: 1 na Paleobiology Database5
Descubrimento: The fossil was first reported in 1980 by Ralph Molnar and others, who thought it belonged to a pterosaur from England. In 2011, scientists Alexander Kellner, Taissa Rodrigues and Fabiana Costa studied it again and named it Aussiedraco molnari after Molnar.1 3
Aínda en debate: Scientists are not sure exactly how big Aussiedraco was, because only a piece of its jaw has been found.1

De onde veñen os datos

Short note on a pteranodontoid pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea) from western Queensland, Australia (scielo.br)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Short note on a Pteranodontoid pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea) from western Queensland, Australia (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
Aussiedraco (en.wikipedia.org)
Aussiedraco in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.

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