Bellubrunnus

O nome significa: “beautiful one of Brunn”1

Comía: PeixeRéptiles voadoresXurásico SuperiorTecnicamente non é un dinosauro

Bellubrunnus was a small flying reptile that lived about 150 million years ago in what is now Germany. It had a short tail and its wingtips curved forward, which is different from any other pterosaur. Scientists think it might have flown in a unique way.1

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

Viviu

hai entre 152 e 149 millóns de anos4

Xurásico Superior

Fósiles atopados en

Brunn quarry, Bavaria, Germany1

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)

Bellubrunnus 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

Bellubrunnus is known from only one fossil, a complete skeleton of a young juvenile.1

Unlike all other known pterosaurs, the wingtips of Bellubrunnus curve forward instead of backward.1

Bellubrunnus had 22 or fewer teeth in total, fewer than its close relative Rhamphorhynchus.1

Its tail was short and did not have the long bony rods that other similar pterosaurs had.1

The fossil was found in 2002 by Monika Rothgaenger, and the species is named after her.1

Bellubrunnus lived in a warm lagoon surrounded by coral reefs, about 150 million years ago.1

The name Bellubrunnus means 'beautiful one of Brunn', after the village where it was found.1

Imaxe de Bellubrunnus feita con IA — Unha imaxe feita con IA de como podería ser Bellubrunnus, 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 Bellubrunnus

?How big was Bellubrunnus?

Bellubrunnus was very small, with a wingspan of less than 30 cm (about a foot). It is one of the smallest pterosaur fossils known.3

?What did Bellubrunnus eat?

Scientists are not certain, but its pointed teeth suggest it ate small animals like insects or fish. The fossil does not show any stomach contents.3

?Is Bellubrunnus a dinosaur?

No, Bellubrunnus is a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived at the same time as dinosaurs. Pterosaurs are not dinosaurs.3

Para expertos en dinos

Nome científico: Bellubrunnus
Bautizado por: Hone et al. 20124
Grupo: Réptiles voadores
Familia / clado: Rhamphorhynchidae4
Clasificación: Pterosauria > Rhamphorhynchidae4
Idade das rochas: de 152 a 149 millóns de anos (Kimmeridgian)4
Países: Alemaña4
Rexistros fósiles: 1 na Paleobiology Database4
Descubrimento: Bellubrunnus was discovered in 2002 by Monika Rothgaenger at the Brunn quarry in Bavaria, Germany. It was named and described by scientists David Hone, Helmut Tischlinger, Eberhard Frey, and Martin Röper in 2012.1
Aínda en debate: Scientists are not sure how Bellubrunnus flew with its forward-curved wingtips, since no other pterosaur has that feature.1

De onde veñen os datos

A New Non-Pterodactyloid Pterosaur from the Late (journals.plos.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Bellubrunnus (en.wikipedia.org)
Bellubrunnus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.

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