Forfexopterus

Erinnya litegeeza: “scissor wings”1

Yalyanga: EbyennyanjaEbyewalula ebibuukaEntandikwa ya KuretasiMu butuufu si dayinoso

Forfexopterus was a flying reptile that lived about 120 million years ago in what is now China. It had a long, low skull and many slender, curved teeth that it used to catch fish. With a wingspan of up to 3 metres, it was a large pterosaur for its time.1 3

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

Yabeerawo

emyaka obukadde 121 okutuuka ku 113 emabega3

Entandikwa ya Kuretasi

Ebisigalira byazuulibwa mu

Liaoning, China1 3

Obugazi bw'ebiwaawaatiro

1.78 okutuuka ku 3 m (5.8 okutuuka ku 9.8 ft)1 2

Sipiidi esinga

nga 56 km/h (35 mph)

Okubuuka, kuteebereza

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Tiriyasi

Jurasiki

Kuretasi

Emyaka obukadde 252 emabega20114566, asteroyidi

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Omuntu atambula nga 5 km/h (3 mph)

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

Forfexopterus nga 56 km/h (35 mph)

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

Cheetah nga 100 km/h (62 mph)

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Forfexopterus had a unique wing bone arrangement: the first bone of its wing finger was shorter than the second but longer than the third. No other pterosaur in its group had this.1

The larger fossil of Forfexopterus was a subadult, while the smaller one was an adult. This shows that different individuals grew at different rates.1 2

Forfexopterus lived in a lake environment. Fish and freshwater snail fossils were found on the same rock slab as one of its skeletons.1 2

Unlike many other ctenochasmatid pterosaurs, Forfexopterus did not have a spoon-shaped snout tip or crests on its head.1

The teeth of Forfexopterus were more curved than those of its close relatives. This may have helped it grab slippery fish.1

Forfexopterus had relatively small claws on its feet compared to its hand. Some scientists think its long foot bones helped it wade in water.1

Ekifaananyi kya Forfexopterus 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.

Eri abakugu mu dayinoso

Erinnya lya ssaayansi: Forfexopterus
Yatuumibwa: Jiang et al. 20163
Ekibinja: Ebyewalula ebibuuka
Ekika / ekibinja: Ctenochasmatidae3
Engabanya: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea3
Emyaka gy'enjazi: emyaka obukadde 121 okutuuka ku 113 (Aptian)3
Ensengeka z'enjazi: Jiufotang3
Ensi: Cayina3
Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa: 1 mu The Paleobiology Database3
Okuzuulibwa: Forfexopterus was named in 2016 by Shunxing Jiang and colleagues. The first fossil was found by a local farmer near Lamadong Town, Liaoning, China, and later studied by scientists.1
Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo: Scientists are not sure why the larger Forfexopterus fossil was less mature than the smaller one. It might be due to differences between males and females, but more fossils are needed to know for sure.1 2

Ebituufu gye biva

Forfexopterus (en.wikipedia.org)
FR - A new wing skeleton of Forfexopterus (Pterosauria: Ctenochasmatidae) from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota reveals a developmental variation (fr.copernicus.org)
Forfexopterus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.

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