Rhamphinion

O nome significa: “beak nape”1

Comía: PeixeRéptiles voadoresXurásico InferiorTecnicamente non é un dinosauro

Rhamphinion was an early flying reptile that soared over what is now Arizona during the Early Jurassic. It was one of the first pterosaurs ever found in the Americas, but we only know it from a few pieces of its skull.1 2

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

Viviu

hai entre 200 e 184 millóns de anos3

Xurásico Inferior

Fósiles atopados en

Kayenta Formation, northeastern Arizona, USA1 3

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)

Rhamphinion 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

Rhamphinion lived about 196 to 183 million years ago, during the Early Jurassic.1

The only known fossils are three pieces of skull: an occipital bone, part of a left jugal (cheek bone), and two teeth with a possible jaw fragment.1 2

Its name comes from Greek words meaning 'beak nape', because the fossils come from the back of the skull.1

When it was discovered in 1978, Rhamphinion was the oldest pterosaur known from the Western Hemisphere.1

The fossils were found by an expedition led by Farish A. Jenkins Jr., and the species name jenkinsi honors him.1

A nearly complete wing bone (fourth metacarpal) found nearby might belong to Rhamphinion, but scientists are not sure.1

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

?Is Rhamphinion a dinosaur?

No, Rhamphinion is a pterosaur, a flying reptile that is not a dinosaur.1

?How big was Rhamphinion?

Nobody knows for sure because only a few skull pieces have been found, but it was a small pterosaur.1

?What did Rhamphinion eat?

Scientists are not certain, but as a basal pterosaur it likely ate small animals like insects or fish.1

?When did Rhamphinion live?

Rhamphinion lived during the Early Jurassic, about 196 to 183 million years ago.1

Para expertos en dinos

Nome científico: Rhamphinion
Bautizado por: Padian 19843
Grupo: Réptiles voadores
Familia / clado: Rhamphorhynchoidea3
Clasificación: Pterosauria3
Idade das rochas: de 200 a 184 millóns de anos (Sinemurian / Pliensbachian)3
Formacións rochosas: Kayenta3
Países: EUA3
Rexistros fósiles: 1 na Paleobiology Database3
Descubrimento: Rhamphinion was named in 1984 by Kevin Padian based on skull fragments collected in 1978 from the Kayenta Formation of Arizona. The fossils were found by an expedition from Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology and the Museum of Northern Arizona.1 2
Aínda en debate: Scientists are not sure exactly where Rhamphinion fits in the pterosaur family tree because the fossils are so fragmentary. It might be related to Dimorphodon, but its classification remains uncertain.1

De onde veñen os datos

Rhamphinion (en.wikipedia.org)
Pterosaur remains from the Kayenta Formation (?Early Jurassic) of Arizona | The Palaeontological Association (palass.org)
Rhamphinion in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.

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