Jianchangnathus
Jianchangnathus was a small flying reptile that soared over ancient China. It had a long tail and sharp teeth for catching fish. It was not a dinosaur, but a pterosaur, a cousin of dinosaurs.14
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Datos curiosos
Jianchangnathus had a big front branch on its cheekbone, which is a unique feature.1
The first three pairs of teeth in its lower jaw pointed strongly forward, helping it snatch fish.1
Its lower jaw had a convex, or bulging, top edge, which is different from many other pterosaurs.1
Scientists think its body was covered in fuzzy pycnofibers, and some fossils suggest these were brown.1
Jianchangnathus lived about 160 million years ago, during the Middle Jurassic period.1

Cazamitos
Mito: Some people think pterosaurs like Jianchangnathus were dinosaurs.
Verdade: Pterosaurs were flying reptiles, not dinosaurs. They are a separate group of reptiles that lived at the same time as dinosaurs.1
Para expertos en dinos
- Nome científico
- Jianchangnathus
- Bautizado por
- Cheng et al. 20124
- Grupo
- Réptiles voadores
- Familia / clado
- Scaphognathidae4
- Clasificación
- Pterosauria4
- Idade das rochas
- de 168 a 152 millóns de anos (Bathonian / Kimmeridgian)4
- Formacións rochosas
- Tiaojishan4
- Países
- China4
- Rexistros fósiles
- 3 na Paleobiology Database4
- Descubrimento
- The first fossil was found near Linglongta, Jianchang County, China, and named by Cheng Xin and colleagues in 2012. A second, more complete skull was described in 2014.12
- Aínda en debate
- Scientists are not sure about the exact age of the rocks where Jianchangnathus was found. They might be from the Middle Jurassic or the Early Cretaceous.2
De onde veñen os datos
- Jianchangnathus (en.wikipedia.org)
- A new scaphognathid pterosaur from western Liaoning, China: Historical Biology: Vol 24, No 1 (web.archive.org)
- Jianchangnathus robustus | Pterosaur Database by DinoAnimals.com (dinoanimals.com)
- Jianchangnathus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.
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