Leptostomia
Leptostomia was a tiny pterosaur with a very long, thin beak. It used its beak like a straw to poke into mud and grab worms or bugs. It lived in what is now Morocco, near rivers and mangroves.12
Yabeerawo ddi?
Yali munene atya?
Yali muwanvu kwenkana wa?
Leptostomia yali munene atya bw'ogeraageranya ku GGWE?
Kubala kwokka mu browser yo. Tewali kiterekebwa wadde okusindikibwa wonna.
Yali wa mbiro kwenkana wa?
Ebyewuunyisa
Leptostomia is known from only two beak fragments, one upper and one lower jaw.1
Scientists think Leptostomia used its beak like a kiwi bird or a curlew to probe for food in mud.12
Leptostomia lived about 100 to 94 million years ago, during the Cretaceous period.4
It was much smaller than many other pterosaurs that lived at the same time.1
The fossils were found in the Kem Kem Beds, which were once a river system with mangroves and tidal flats.1

Ebibuuzo ebisinga okubuuzibwa ku Leptostomia
?How big was Leptostomia?
Leptostomia was very small. Its complete skull was only about 6 to 20 centimeters (2.4 to 7.9 inches) long.1
?What did Leptostomia eat?
Leptostomia probably ate small invertebrates like worms, crabs, and molluscs. It used its long, flat beak to probe into mud, just like a kiwi bird does.13
?When did Leptostomia live?
Leptostomia lived during the Cretaceous period, about 100 to 94 million years ago.1
?Where was Leptostomia found?
Leptostomia fossils were found in Morocco, near the town of Hassi El Begaa. They came from the Kem Kem Beds, which were once a river system with mangroves and tidal flats.1
Eri abakugu mu dayinoso
- Erinnya lya ssaayansi
- Leptostomia
- Yatuumibwa
- Smith et al. 20204
- Ekibinja
- Ebyewalula ebibuuka
- Ekika / ekibinja
- Azhdarchoidea4
- Engabanya
- Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea4
- Emyaka gy'enjazi
- emyaka obukadde 100 okutuuka ku 94 (Cenomanian)4
- Ensengeka z'enjazi
- Ifezouane4
- Ensi
- Moroko4
- Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa
- 1 mu The Paleobiology Database4
- Okuzuulibwa
- Leptostomia was named in 2021 by paleontologists Roy E. Smith, David Martill, Alexander Kao, Samir Zouhri, and Nicholas Longrich. The fossils were found near the village of Hassi El Begaa in Morocco.12
- Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo
- Scientists are not sure exactly which group of pterosaurs Leptostomia belongs to. It is probably an azhdarchoid, but it does not fit neatly into any known family.12
Ebituufu gye biva
- Leptostomia (en.wikipedia.org)
- A long-billed, possible probe-feeding pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea: ?Azhdarchoidea) from the mid-Cretaceous of Morocco, North Africa (researchportal.port.ac.uk)
- A long-billed, probe-feeding pterosaur (pure.port.ac.uk)
- Leptostomia in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.
Buli kituufu ku lupapula luno kirina ennamba eraga ensibuko yaakyo. Bwe tuba nga tukoze ensobi, tusonyiwe, ffe tuli bawagizi ba dayinoso, so si magazini ya ssaayansi. Tubuulire ku [email protected] tujja kugitereeza.
Rex alumwa enjala! Dino Wiki pulojekiti ya taata eri mutabani we ayagala ennyo dayinoso, ya bwereere, tewali bulango era tewali bikulondoola. Abakulu basobola okuwa Rex akantu ak'okulya okuyamba okugikuuma ku mutimbagano.Liisa Rex