Liaoningopterus
Liaoningopterus was a huge flying reptile that soared over ancient lakes in China. It had the biggest teeth of any pterosaur ever found, with one tooth longer than your hand!1
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Datos curiosos
Its fourth upper tooth was 81 millimeters (3.2 inches) long, the largest known tooth of any pterosaur.1
The skull alone was about 61 centimeters (24 inches) long, longer than a ruler.1
It had small crests on the tip of its beak, both on the upper and lower jaw.1
Liaoningopterus had 20 pairs of teeth in the upper jaw and 13 or 14 pairs in the lower jaw.1
It lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 120 million years ago.1
The name honors Professor Gu Zhiwei, who studied the Jehol Biota.1
Scientists estimate its wingspan was about 5 meters (16 feet), as wide as a small car.1

As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Liaoningopterus
?What did Liaoningopterus eat?
Scientists think Liaoningopterus was probably a piscivore, meaning it ate fish, because it had a long, pointed snout.1
?How big was Liaoningopterus?
Its wingspan was about 5 meters (16 feet) and it weighed about 20 kilograms (44 pounds). Its skull was about 61 centimeters (24 inches) long.1
?When did Liaoningopterus live?
Liaoningopterus lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 120 million years ago.1
Para expertos en dinos
- Nome científico
- Liaoningopterus
- Bautizado por
- Wang and Zhou 20033
- Grupo
- Réptiles voadores
- Familia / clado
- Ornithocheiroidea3
- Clasificación
- Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea3
- Idade das rochas
- de 121 a 113 millóns de anos (Aptian)3
- Formacións rochosas
- Jiufotang3
- Países
- China3
- Rexistros fósiles
- 1 na Paleobiology Database3
- Descubrimento
- Liaoningopterus was named in 2003 by Wang Xiaolin and Zhou Zhonghe, based on a crushed skull and partial skeleton found in Liaoning, China.12
- Aínda en debate
- Scientists debate exactly where Liaoningopterus fits among the anhanguerid pterosaurs, with some placing it close to Anhanguera and others to Tropeognathus.1
De onde veñen os datos
- Liaoningopterus (en.wikipedia.org)
- TWO NEW PTERODACTYLOID PTEROSAURS FROM THE EARLY CRETACEOUS JIUFOTANG FORMATION OF WESTERN LIAONING,CHINA (vertpala.ac.cn)
- Liaoningopterus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.
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