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Darwinopterus

O nome significa: “Darwin's wing”1
Comía: InsectosRéptiles voadoresXurásico Medio a Xurásico SuperiorTecnicamente non é un dinosauro

Imagine a flying reptile that looks like it got its head from one group and its tail from another. That is Darwinopterus. It lived in the middle Jurassic period, about 160 million years ago, in what is now China.12

Dato curioso: os pterosauros voaban por riba dos dinosauros, pero eran os seus curmáns, non dinosauros.
Viviu
hai entre 168 e 152 millóns de anos5
Xurásico Medio a Xurásico Superior
Fósiles atopados en
Liaoning Province, China51
Lonxitude
0,34 a 0,46 m (1,1 a 1,5 ft)2
Envergadura
0,75 m (2,5 ft)3
Velocidade máxima
uns 32 km/h (20 mph)
Voar, estimación

Cando viviu?

Triásico
Xurásico
Cretáceo
Hai 252 millóns de anos20114566, o asteroide

Como era de grande?

Canto medía de longo?

Darwinopterus uns 0,46 m de longo (1,5 ft)Un gato doméstico uns 0,5 m (1,6 ft)Un can uns 1 m (3,3 ft)Unha bici de adulto uns 1,8 m (5,9 ft)
tan longo coma 2,5 plátanos postos un tras outrotan longo coma 14 pezas de construción en filapodería voar sobre un campo de fútbol enteiro en 12 segundos

Como era de grande Darwinopterus comparado CONTIGO?

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Que velocidade alcanzaba?

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Datos curiosos

1

Darwinopterus was a 'transitional fossil' because it had a head and neck like later short-tailed pterosaurs, but a long tail like earlier ones.12

2

More than 30 fossils of Darwinopterus have been found, all from the same rock layer in China.1

3

The name Darwinopterus honors Charles Darwin, the famous scientist who came up with the idea of evolution by natural selection.12

4

Darwinopterus had a very long tail, made of more than 20 vertebrae, with thin bony rods wrapping around it.2

5

Its skull was huge, almost twice as long as the bones of its back. That's even bigger than many later pterosaurs.2

6

Darwinopterus had about 15 pairs of slender, spike-like teeth in its mouth, good for gripping prey.2

7

The first Darwinopterus species, D. modularis, was named in 2010. Later, three more species were added in 2011, 2025, and 2010.15

Feito con IAImaxe de Darwinopterus feita con IA
Unha imaxe feita con IA de como podería ser Darwinopterus, 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.
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As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Darwinopterus

?Was Darwinopterus a dinosaur?

No, Darwinopterus was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived while dinosaurs walked on land. Pterosaurs are not dinosaurs.41

?How big was Darwinopterus?

It was a relatively small pterosaur. Its skull was about 0.14 to 0.19 metres long, and its forelimbs were about 0.34 to 0.46 metres long.2

?What did Darwinopterus eat?

Its slender, spike-like teeth were well suited for gripping prey, so it probably caught small animals like insects or fish. Scientists infer this from the tooth shape.21

?Why is Darwinopterus called a transitional fossil?

Because it had a head and neck like later short-tailed pterosaurs, but a long tail like earlier ones. This mix shows how one group evolved into the other.14

Para expertos en dinos

Nome científico
Darwinopterus
Bautizado por
Lü et al. 20105
Grupo
Réptiles voadores
Familia / clado
Monofenestrata5
Clasificación
Pterosauria5
Idade das rochas
de 168 a 152 millóns de anos (Bathonian / Kimmeridgian)5
Formacións rochosas
Tiaojishan5
Países
China5
Rexistros fósiles
4 na Paleobiology Database5
Descubrimento
The first Darwinopterus fossil was found at Linglongta, Liaoning Province, China, in rocks of the Tiaojishan Formation. Scientists Lü Junchang, David Unwin, and others named it in 2010. It was described in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.12
Aínda en debate
Scientists are still debating whether Darwinopterus was a fast aerial hunter or mainly an insectivore that hopped on the ground.1

De onde veñen os datos

  1. Darwinopterus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Evidence for modular evolution in a long-tailed pterosaur with a pterodactyloid skull (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  3. Brazil - A new species of Darwinopterus (Wukongopteridae, Pterosauria) from western Liaoning provides some new information on the ontogeny of this clade A new species of <i>Darwinopterus</i> (Wukongopteridae, Pterosauria) from western Liaoning provides some new information on the ontogeny of this clade (scielo.br)
  4. Darwinopterus, a Transitional Pterosaur (smithsonianmag.com)
  5. Darwinopterus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.

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