Batrachognathus
Batrachognathus was a small flying reptile that lived during the Jurassic period. It had a short, wide head like a frog and probably snapped up fish from lakes.61
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Datos curiosos
Batrachognathus means 'frog jaw' because its skull was short and wide, just like a frog's mouth.6
It lived about 161 to 155 million years ago, during the Late Jurassic period.2
Its fossils were found in very fine-grained shale, which was once the mud at the bottom of a large mountain lake.2
Only a few fossils have been found, including a well-preserved skull and some crushed bones.2
Batrachognathus belonged to a group of pterosaurs called Anurognathidae, which were small and often had short tails.6

As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Batrachognathus
?How big was Batrachognathus?
It was small, with a wingspan of about 50 to 75 centimetres and a body mass of around 40 grams.45
?What did Batrachognathus eat?
It likely ate insects and maybe small fish, catching them in its wide mouth while flying.41
Para expertos en dinos
- Nome científico
- Batrachognathus
- Bautizado por
- Riabinin 19486
- Grupo
- Réptiles voadores
- Familia / clado
- Anurognathidae6
- Clasificación
- Pterosauria6
- Idade das rochas
- de 162 a 155 millóns de anos (Oxfordian)6
- Formacións rochosas
- Karabastau6
- Países
- Casaquistán6
- Rexistros fósiles
- 1 na Paleobiology Database6
- Descubrimento
- Batrachognathus was named by Russian paleontologist A. N. Riabinin in 1948, based on fossils found in the Karatau Mountains of Kazakhstan.6
De onde veñen os datos
- Batrachognathus Ryabinin 1948 - Encyclopedia of Life (eol.org)
- PBDB Collection (paleobiodb.org)
- Batrachognathus - Wikipedia (en-wp.org)
- Batrachognathus (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia)
- PaleoCodex :: Batrachognathus (paleocodex.com)
- Batrachognathus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.
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