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Tupandactylus

Erinnya litegeeza: “Tupã finger, after the Tupi thunder god”1

Yalyanga: EbimeraEbyewalula ebibuukaEntandikwa ya KuretasiMu butuufu si dayinoso

Tupandactylus was a flying reptile with a huge, colorful crest on its head. It lived in what is now Brazil about 115 million years ago and probably ate plants like a flying fruit-lover.1 2

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

Yabeerawo

emyaka obukadde 120 okutuuka ku 113 emabega5

Entandikwa ya Kuretasi

Ebisigalira byazuulibwa mu

Crato Formation, Ceará, Brazil1 2

Obugazi bw'ebiwaawaatiro

2.7 okutuuka ku 4 m (8.9 okutuuka ku 13 ft)1

Obugulumivu

1.5 m (4.9 ft)1

Sipiidi esinga

nga 63 km/h (39 mph)

Okubuuka, kuteebereza

Yabeerawo ddi?

Tiriyasi

Jurasiki

Kuretasi

Emyaka obukadde 252 emabega20114566, asteroyidi

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

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Ebyewuunyisa

Tupandactylus had a giant head crest made of soft tissue and supported by bone spines. In T. imperator the crest was round, while in T. navigans it was tall and vertical.1

Its name comes from Tupã, the Tupi thunder god, and daktylos, the Greek word for finger.1

Tupandactylus probably spent a lot of time on the ground and only flew short distances, because its big crest made flying harder.1

The first fossil of Tupandactylus was a skull and partial lower jaw found in the Crato Formation of Brazil.1

Scientists think Tupandactylus may have been a terrestrial forager, walking around on the ground to find food.1

Tupandactylus had a fifth toe on its foot with a single bone, a feature seen in some other azhdarchoid pterosaurs.3

Ekifaananyi kya Tupandactylus 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 Tupandactylus

?How big was Tupandactylus?

Tupandactylus imperator had a wingspan of about 3 to 4 metres (9.8 to 13.1 feet) and stood about 1.5 metres (4.9 feet) tall to the tip of its crest. The smaller species, T. navigans, had a wingspan of about 2.7 metres (8.9 feet).1 4

?Why did Tupandactylus have a crest?

Scientists think the crest was used for social or sexual display, like a peacock's tail. It was made of soft tissue and bone, and it was so big it may have made flying harder.1 4

?What did Tupandactylus eat?

Tupandactylus probably ate plants, like fruit, and may have used its long neck to reach food from higher bushes. Some fossils show plant material near its skull, hinting it was a herbivore.1 4

?Was Tupandactylus a dinosaur?

No, Tupandactylus was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that is not a dinosaur. It is closely related to dinosaurs but belongs to a separate group.1

?When did Tupandactylus live?

Tupandactylus lived about 112 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period, in what is now Brazil.1

Omumenyi w'enfumo

Enfumo: Some people think Tupandactylus was a dinosaur.

Amazima: Tupandactylus was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that is not a dinosaur.1

Eri abakugu mu dayinoso

Erinnya lya ssaayansi: Tupandactylus
Yatuumibwa: Kellner and Campos 20075
Ekibinja: Ebyewalula ebibuuka
Ekika / ekibinja: Tapejaridae5
Engabanya: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea5
Emyaka gy'enjazi: emyaka obukadde 120 okutuuka ku 113 (Aptian)5
Ensengeka z'enjazi: Crato5
Ensi: Buraziiri5
Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa: 3 mu The Paleobiology Database5
Okuzuulibwa: Tupandactylus was first described in 1997 as a species of Tapejara by D. A. Campos and Alexander W. A. Kellner. In 2007, Campos and Kellner gave it its own genus name Tupandactylus.1
Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo: Scientists are not sure if Tupandactylus imperator and Tupandactylus navigans are two different species or just males and females of the same species.1

Ebituufu gye biva

Tupandactylus (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Redescription of Tupandactylus imperator Campos & Keller, 1997 (Pterosauria, Tapejaridae) based on a new complete specimen from the Crato Formation (Aptian-Albian) of the Araripe Basin, Ceará, Brazil (doi.org)
Pterosaur had a head crest so tall it may have made it hard to fly | New Scientist (newscientist.com)
Tupandactylus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.

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