Yelaphomte

Yelaphomte yana ɗaya daga cikin ƴan pterosaurs na zamanin Triassic da aka sani daga yankin kudancin duniya, tare da danginsa Pachagnathus.12

Hancinsa cike yake da wuraren iska, wanda hakan ya sa ya zama mara nauyi don tashi. Sunan Yelaphomte yana nufin 'dabbobin iska' a yaren mutanen Huarpe.1

Guntun hancin da aka gano yana da tsawon 15.4 mm kawai, wanda ya haɗa da sassan babbar muƙamuƙi da kuma rufin baki.1

Yelaphomte ya rayu nesa da teku, a cikin busasshen yanayi na cikin ƙasa, ba kamar sauran pterosaurs na farko da suka rayu kusa da bakin teku ba.1

Ƙahon da ke hancinsa yana da tsarin layi na musamman wanda ba a gani a wani pterosaur ba.1

Masana kimiyya suna tunanin cewa Yelaphomte ƙaramin dabba ne da ya girma, saboda ƙasusuwan hancinsa sun haɗe sosai, wanda hakan yakan faru ne idan dabba ta cika girma.1