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Banguela

Erinnya litegeeza: “toothless one, a Brazilian Portuguese nickname for elderly women”1
Yalyanga: EbyennyanjaEbyewalula ebibuukaEntandikwa ya KuretasiMu butuufu si dayinoso

Banguela was a flying reptile that lived about 115 million years ago. It had no teeth, so it probably scooped up fish with its beak. It was not a dinosaur, but a pterosaur, a cousin of dinosaurs.14

Ekyewuunyisa: pterosawulu zaabuukanga waggulu wa dayinoso, naye zaali ab'oluganda lwazo, so si dayinoso zennyini.
Yabeerawo
emyaka obukadde 120 okutuuka ku 113 emabega4
Entandikwa ya Kuretasi
Ebisigalira byazuulibwa mu
Chapada do Araripe, Ceará, Brazil (Romualdo Formation)12
Obugazi bw'ebiwaawaatiro
3.7 m (12 ft)1
Sipiidi esinga
nga 61 km/h (38 mph)
Okubuuka, kuteebereza

Yabeerawo ddi?

Tiriyasi
Jurasiki
Kuretasi
Emyaka obukadde 252 emabega20114566, asteroyidi

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Ebiwaawaatiro bye byali bigazi kwenkana wa?

Banguela ebiwaawaatiro nga 3.7 m okuva ku ntikko okutuuka ku ntikko (12 ft)Akagaali k'omukulu nga 1.8 m (5.9 ft)Emmotoka nga 4.5 m (15 ft)Enjovu, ekisolo ekisinga obunene ku lukalu leero nga 6.5 m (21 ft)
ebiwaawaatiro bigazi ng'obugaali 2 mu lunyiririyandibuuse okusomoka ekisaawe ky'omupiira kyonna mu sikonda 6.2

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Ebyewuunyisa

1

Banguela's lower jaw, called a symphysis, was about 27 centimeters (10.7 inches) long and curved upward. The front edges were sharp, but it had no teeth or tooth sockets.1

2

Its skull was about 61 centimeters (2 feet) long, and its wingspan was over 3.7 meters (12 feet).1

3

Banguela is one of the few pterosaurs that completely lost its teeth. Scientists think tooth loss happened at least four separate times among pterosaurs.1

4

The fossil was first thought to belong to another pterosaur called Thalassodromeus, but in 2015 scientists gave it its own name, Banguela.1

5

Banguela's toothless beak might have had a horny covering, like a bird's beak, which helped it catch slippery fish.1

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Ekifaananyi kya Banguela 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.
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Ebibuuzo ebisinga okubuuzibwa ku Banguela

?How big was Banguela?

Its skull was about 61 centimeters (24 inches) long and its wingspan was over 3.7 meters (12 feet). It weighed about as much as a small dog or a large goose.13

?Did Banguela have teeth?

No, Banguela had no teeth or tooth sockets. Its name means 'toothless one' in Portuguese.13

?What did Banguela eat?

It probably ate fish, scooping them up with its toothless beak. Its sharp jaw tips were not good for holding food, so it likely swallowed fish whole.3

?Is Banguela a dinosaur?

No, Banguela is a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived alongside dinosaurs but is not a dinosaur itself.1

Omumenyi w'enfumo

Enfumo: Some people think Banguela was a dinosaur because it lived with dinosaurs.

Amazima: Banguela was a pterosaur, a flying reptile, not a dinosaur. Pterosaurs are a separate group of reptiles.1

Eri abakugu mu dayinoso

Erinnya lya ssaayansi
Banguela
Yatuumibwa
Headden and Campos 20144
Ekibinja
Ebyewalula ebibuuka
Ekika / ekibinja
Dsungaripteridae4
Engabanya
Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea4
Emyaka gy'enjazi
emyaka obukadde 120 okutuuka ku 113 (Aptian)4
Ensengeka z'enjazi
Romualdo4
Ensi
Buraziiri4
Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa
1 mu The Paleobiology Database4
Okuzuulibwa
A Swiss collector named Urs Oberli bought a jaw fragment from Brazil. In 2005, scientists first described it as Thalassodromeus, but in 2015, Jaime Headden and Hebert Campos named it Banguela oberlii, honoring Oberli.1
Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo
Scientists disagree about Banguela's family. Some say it belongs to Dsungaripteridae, others think it is a species of Thalassodromeus, and some place it in Chaoyangopteridae.1

Ebituufu gye biva

  1. Banguela (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  3. Meet Banguela | The Bite Stuff (qilong.wordpress.com)
  4. Banguela in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.

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