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Dearc

O nome significa: “winged reptile or reptile from Skye in Scottish Gaelic”1
Comía: PeixeRéptiles voadoresXurásico MedioTecnicamente non é un dinosauro

Dearc was a flying reptile that lived in the Middle Jurassic, about 167 million years ago. It was one of the biggest flying animals of its time, with wings as wide as a small car! It soared over the lagoons of what is now Scotland.1

Dato curioso: os pterosauros voaban por riba dos dinosauros, pero eran os seus curmáns, non dinosauros.
Viviu
hai entre 168 e 165 millóns de anos6
Xurásico Medio
Fósiles atopados en
Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK13
Envergadura
2,5 a 3 m (8,2 a 9,8 ft)13
Velocidade máxima
uns 52 km/h (32 mph)
Voar, estimación

Cando viviu?

Triásico
Xurásico
Cretáceo
Hai 252 millóns de anos20114566, o asteroide

Como era de grande?

Que anchura tiñan as súas ás?

Dearc ás de uns 3 m dunha punta á outra (9,8 ft)Unha bici de adulto uns 1,8 m (5,9 ft)Un coche uns 4,5 m (15 ft)Un elefante, o animal terrestre máis grande de hoxe uns 6,5 m (21 ft)
ás tan anchas coma 1,5 bicicletas en filapodería voar sobre un campo de fútbol enteiro en 7,3 segundos

Como era de grande Dearc comparado CONTIGO?

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Que velocidade alcanzaba?

cousas xeniais

Datos curiosos

1

Dearc was not fully grown when it died. It was a juvenile or subadult, still actively growing, so adults might have been even bigger.13

2

Its wingspan was about 2.5 to 3 metres (8 to 10 feet), as wide as a wandering albatross, the largest flying bird today.1

3

Before Dearc was discovered, scientists thought pterosaurs stayed small until the Cretaceous period. Dearc shows they got big much earlier.13

4

The fossil was found at Brothers' Point on the Isle of Skye in 2017, during a National Geographic-funded field trip.1

5

Its name comes from Scottish Gaelic and means both 'winged reptile' and 'reptile from Skye', because Skye is called the 'winged isle'.1

6

Dearc had a long, low skull and a slender upper arm bone, which helped it fly.1

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Unha imaxe feita con IA de como podería ser Dearc, 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 Dearc

?How big was Dearc?

Dearc had a wingspan of about 2.5 to 3 metres, as wide as a wandering albatross, the largest flying bird today. It was not fully grown when it died, so adults might have been even bigger.34

?When did Dearc live?

Dearc lived in the Middle Jurassic, about 167 million years ago.3

?Where was Dearc found?

The fossil was found at Brothers' Point on the Isle of Skye in Scotland in 2017.3

?What did Dearc eat?

Dearc had two types of teeth: long fangs at the front and peg-like teeth further back, which suggests it ate fish or other small animals.3

?Is Dearc a dinosaur?

No, Dearc is a pterosaur, a flying reptile, not a dinosaur.3

?Why is Dearc important?

Dearc shows that pterosaurs grew to large sizes much earlier than scientists thought, because before its discovery they believed big pterosaurs only appeared in the Cretaceous.35

Para expertos en dinos

Nome científico
Dearc
Bautizado por
Jagielska et al. 20226
Grupo
Réptiles voadores
Familia / clado
Rhamphorhynchidae6
Clasificación
Pterosauria > Rhamphorhynchidae6
Idade das rochas
de 168 a 165 millóns de anos (Bathonian)6
Formacións rochosas
Lealt Shale6
Países
Reino Unido6
Rexistros fósiles
1 na Paleobiology Database6
Descubrimento
The first Dearc fossil was discovered on May 23, 2017, at Brothers' Point on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, by a team led by Stephen Brusatte. It was named Dearc sgiathanach by Jagielska and colleagues in 2022.1
Aínda en debate
Scientists are not sure exactly how big Dearc could grow, because the only known fossil is from a young animal that was still growing.1

De onde veñen os datos

  1. A skeleton from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland illuminates an earlier origin of large pterosaurs: Current Biology (cell.com)
  2. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  3. Dearc (en.wikipedia.org)
  4. Report A skeleton from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland illuminates an earlier origin of large pterosaurs (sciencedirect.com)
  5. Jurassic Dearc | Nature Ecology & Evolution (nature.com)
  6. Dearc in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.

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