Afrotapejara

Erinnya litegeeza: “African Tapejara”1

Yalyanga: Ebibala n'ebimeraEbyewalula ebibuukaEntandikwa ya Kuretasi okutuuka ku Enkomerero ya KuretasiMu butuufu si dayinoso

Afrotapejara was a flying reptile that lived in what is now Morocco. It had a downturned beak and no teeth, just like a modern bird. Scientists think it might have eaten fruit.1 4

Ekyewuunyisa: pterosawulu zaabuukanga waggulu wa dayinoso, naye zaali ab'oluganda lwazo, so si dayinoso zennyini.

Yabeerawo

emyaka obukadde 106 okutuuka ku 94 emabega4

Entandikwa ya Kuretasi okutuuka ku Enkomerero ya Kuretasi

Ebisigalira byazuulibwa mu

Kem Kem beds near Takmout, Erfoud, southern Morocco1 2

Sipiidi esinga

nga 52 km/h (32 mph)

Okubuuka, kuteebereza

Yabeerawo ddi?

Tiriyasi

Jurasiki

Kuretasi

Emyaka obukadde 252 emabega20114566, asteroyidi

Yali wa mbiro kwenkana wa?

Omuntu atambula nga 5 km/h (3 mph)

Omwana ku kagaali nga 12 km/h (7 mph)

Afrotapejara nga 52 km/h (32 mph)

Embalaasi edduka ennyo nga 65 km/h (40 mph)

Cheetah nga 100 km/h (62 mph)

ebintu ebinyuvu

Ebyewuunyisa

Afrotapejara is the first tapejarid pterosaur ever found in Africa.1 2

Its name means 'African Tapejara', because it comes from Africa and looks like the Brazilian pterosaur Tapejara.1

Afrotapejara had a downturned beak and no teeth, which is unusual for pterosaurs.1

It lived during the mid-Cretaceous period, about 106 to 94 million years ago.4

Only a partial jaw bone (the front part of the upper beak) has been found so far.1

The Kem Kem beds in Morocco, where Afrotapejara was found, are famous for many other pterosaurs and dinosaurs.1

Ekifaananyi kya Afrotapejara ekyakolebwa AI, nga kiraga engeri gye yayinza okuba ng'afaanana, ekyakolebwa kompyuta okusinziira ku ebyo bannassaayansi bye bamanyi. Kuteebereza: ekisolo ekyennyini kiyinza okuba nga kyali kifaanana bulala, era tewali amanyi langi zaakyo ez'amazima.

wabuuza

Ebibuuzo ebisinga okubuuzibwa ku Afrotapejara

?What did Afrotapejara eat?

Scientists think it might have eaten fruit, but no one knows for sure. It had no teeth, like a bird, and its beak shape is similar to animals that eat fruit.1

?Was Afrotapejara a dinosaur?

No, Afrotapejara was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived at the same time as dinosaurs. Pterosaurs are not dinosaurs.3

?How big was Afrotapejara?

Nobody knows for sure, because only a partial jaw bone has been found so far. Scientists can't tell its size from just that piece.3

?When did Afrotapejara live?

It lived during the mid-Cretaceous period, about 106 to 94 million years ago, in what is now Morocco.3

Eri abakugu mu dayinoso

Erinnya lya ssaayansi: Afrotapejara
Yatuumibwa: Martill et al. 20204
Ekibinja: Ebyewalula ebibuuka
Ekika / ekibinja: Tapejaridae4
Engabanya: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea4
Emyaka gy'enjazi: emyaka obukadde 106 okutuuka ku 94 (Albian / Cenomanian)4
Ensi: Moroko4
Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa: 2 mu The Paleobiology Database4
Okuzuulibwa: Afrotapejara was named in 2020 by David Martill and colleagues. The fossil was bought from a fossil trader in Erfoud, Morocco, and came from the Kem Kem beds near Takmout.1 2
Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo: Scientists are not sure what Afrotapejara's crest looked like, because only the front of its beak has been found.1

Ebituufu gye biva

A new tapejarid (Pterosauria, Azhdarchoidea) from the mid (pure.port.ac.uk)
A new tapejarid (Pterosauria, Azhdarchoidea) from the mid-Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of Takmout, southern Morocco (sciencedirect.com)
Afrotapejara (en.wikipedia.org)
Afrotapejara in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.

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