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Aussiedraco

Erinnya litegeeza: “Australian dragon”1
Yalyanga: EbyennyanjaEbyewalula ebibuukaEntandikwa ya KuretasiMu butuufu si dayinoso

Aussiedraco was a flying reptile that soared over the ancient seas of Australia about 105 million years ago. It had a long, toothy beak and likely snatched fish from the water. Only a piece of its lower jaw has been found, but that was enough for scientists to name it a new species.21

Ekyewuunyisa: pterosawulu zaabuukanga waggulu wa dayinoso, naye zaali ab'oluganda lwazo, so si dayinoso zennyini.
Yabeerawo
emyaka obukadde 106 okutuuka ku 100 emabega5
Entandikwa ya Kuretasi
Ebisigalira byazuulibwa mu
Queensland, Australia21
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?

ebintu ebinyuvu

Ebyewuunyisa

1

Aussiedraco is only the second pterosaur ever named from Australia.3

2

Its name means 'Australian dragon', 'Aussie' is a nickname for Australian, and 'draco' is Latin for dragon.1

3

The only known fossil is a piece of the lower jaw, called a mandibular symphysis, that is 88 mm long.1

4

The jaw has five tooth sockets on each side, and one still held a tiny replacement tooth.1

5

Aussiedraco lived during the Albian age of the Early Cretaceous, about 106 to 100 million years ago.2

6

Its fossils were found in the Toolebuc Formation, which was once a shallow sea.21

Kyakolebwa AIEkifaananyi kya Aussiedraco ekyakolebwa AI
Ekifaananyi kya Aussiedraco 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 Aussiedraco

?How big was Aussiedraco?

Nobody knows for sure because only a piece of its lower jaw, 88 mm long, has been found. Scientists cannot estimate its full size from just that fragment.41

?What did Aussiedraco eat?

Aussiedraco likely ate fish. Its long, toothy beak and the way its teeth could interlock suggest it snatched fish from the water.4

?When did Aussiedraco live?

Aussiedraco lived during the Early Cretaceous, about 105 to 100 million years ago, in the Albian age.4

?Is Aussiedraco a dinosaur?

No. Aussiedraco is a pterosaur, a flying reptile, not a dinosaur.4

Eri abakugu mu dayinoso

Erinnya lya ssaayansi
Aussiedraco
Yatuumibwa
Kellner et al. 20115
Ekibinja
Ebyewalula ebibuuka
Ekika / ekibinja
Pteranodontoidea5
Engabanya
Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea5
Emyaka gy'enjazi
emyaka obukadde 106 okutuuka ku 100 (Albian)5
Ensengeka z'enjazi
Toolebuc5
Ensi
Awusitureeliya5
Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa
1 mu The Paleobiology Database5
Okuzuulibwa
The fossil was first reported in 1980 by Ralph Molnar and others, who thought it belonged to a pterosaur from England. In 2011, scientists Alexander Kellner, Taissa Rodrigues and Fabiana Costa studied it again and named it Aussiedraco molnari after Molnar.13
Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo
Scientists are not sure exactly how big Aussiedraco was, because only a piece of its jaw has been found.1

Ebituufu gye biva

  1. Short note on a pteranodontoid pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea) from western Queensland, Australia (scielo.br)
  2. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  3. Short note on a Pteranodontoid pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea) from western Queensland, Australia (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  4. Aussiedraco (en.wikipedia.org)
  5. Aussiedraco in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.

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