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Balaenognathus

Erinnya litegeeza: “whale jaw”1
Yalyanga: EbyennyanjaEbyewalula ebibuukaEnkomerero ya JurasikiMu butuufu si dayinoso

Balaenognathus was a flying reptile that lived about 150 million years ago. It had a strange, spoon-shaped snout with hundreds of tiny hooked teeth. It used its beak like a strainer to scoop up tiny shrimp from the water, just like a modern flamingo.12

Ekyewuunyisa: pterosawulu zaabuukanga waggulu wa dayinoso, naye zaali ab'oluganda lwazo, so si dayinoso zennyini.
Yabeerawo
emyaka obukadde 152 okutuuka ku 149 emabega6
Enkomerero ya Jurasiki
Ebisigalira byazuulibwa mu
Bavaria, Germany31
Obuwanvu
1 m (3.3 ft)2
Obugazi bw'ebiwaawaatiro
1.17 m (3.8 ft)14
Sipiidi esinga
nga 38 km/h (24 mph)
Okubuuka, kuteebereza

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Tiriyasi
Jurasiki
Kuretasi
Emyaka obukadde 252 emabega20114566, asteroyidi

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Balaenognathus had at least 480 teeth, more than most other pterosaurs.1

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The tips of its teeth had tiny hooks, which have never been seen in any other pterosaur. These hooks helped trap shrimp so they couldn't escape.12

3

The front of its snout was shaped like a spatula and had no teeth, so water could flow in easily.1

4

Its upper jaw was more curved than its lower jaw, so its mouth stayed slightly open at the front even when closed.1

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The fossil was found by accident in a quarry in Germany, inside a block of stone that also contained bones of a crocodile-like animal.12

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Balaenognathus lived during the Late Jurassic period, about 152 to 149 million years ago.3

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It had long legs, which helped it wade through shallow seas while feeding.2

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Ebibuuzo ebisinga okubuuzibwa ku Balaenognathus

?What did Balaenognathus eat?

It ate tiny shrimp and other small plankton. It used its spoon-shaped beak and hundreds of tiny hooked teeth to strain them out of the water.12

?How big was Balaenognathus?

It was a medium-sized pterosaur with a wingspan of 1.17 metres (3.8 feet). Its body was about 1 metre long.5

?Why did Balaenognathus have so many teeth?

Balaenognathus had over 480 long, slender teeth with tiny hooks at the tips. These teeth formed a fine mesh like a net to trap tiny shrimp while letting water escape.12

Eri abakugu mu dayinoso

Erinnya lya ssaayansi
Balaenognathus
Yatuumibwa
Martill et al. 20236
Ekibinja
Ebyewalula ebibuuka
Ekika / ekibinja
Ctenochasmatidae6
Engabanya
Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea6
Emyaka gy'enjazi
emyaka obukadde 152 okutuuka ku 149 (Kimmeridgian)6
Ensi
Bugirimaani6
Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa
1 mu The Paleobiology Database6
Okuzuulibwa
Balaenognathus was named by David Martill and colleagues in 2023. The only known fossil was found in September 2011 in a quarry near Wattendorf, Bavaria, Germany, by workers collecting a block of limestone.1
Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo
Scientists are not sure exactly how Balaenognathus used its hooked teeth and spatula-like snout to filter food, but they think it may have pumped water in and out by moving its long neck.1

Ebituufu gye biva

  1. A new pterodactyloid pterosaur with a unique filter-feeding apparatus from the Late Jurassic of Germany | PalZ | Springer Nature Link (link.springer.com)
  2. Bizarre filter-feeding pterosaur described from Germany | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
  3. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  4. Balaenognathus (en.m.wikipedia.org)
  5. Balaenognathus (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia)
  6. Balaenognathus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.

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