Zhejiangopterus
Zhejiangopterus was a huge flying reptile that lived in ancient China. It had a long, toothless beak like a modern bird and a wingspan wider than a car is long. It soared over the Late Cretaceous skies hunting for fish.31
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Zhejiangopterus had no teeth at all. Its beak was long, thin and pointed, perfect for grabbing fish.1
Its skull was long and low, with a single large oval opening that took up nearly half the length of the head.1
The wing finger metacarpal bone was longer than the combined radius and ulna bones in the arm.1
Its thigh bone was about one and a half times longer than its upper arm bone.1
Zhejiangopterus lived around 81.5 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.1
It was discovered by a local villager named Chengfa Xu in 1986 while he was splitting rocks in a quarry.1

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?How big was Zhejiangopterus?
Its wingspan was first estimated at 5 meters (16.4 feet), but later estimates reduced it to about 3.5 meters (11.5 feet). Its body mass was around 7.9 kilograms (roughly 17 pounds).2
?Did Zhejiangopterus have teeth?
No, it had no teeth at all. Its beak was long, thin, and sharply pointed.2
?What did Zhejiangopterus eat?
It likely ate fish, grabbing them with its long, toothless beak.2
?When did Zhejiangopterus live?
It lived about 81.5 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous Period.2
?Where was Zhejiangopterus found?
It was discovered in Zhejiang Province, China, near the city of Linhai.2
?Is Zhejiangopterus a dinosaur?
No, it is a pterosaur, a flying reptile that is not a dinosaur.2
Eri abakugu mu dayinoso
- Erinnya lya ssaayansi
- Zhejiangopterus
- Yatuumibwa
- Cai and Wei 19943
- Ekibinja
- Ebyewalula ebibuuka
- Ekika / ekibinja
- Azhdarchidae3
- Engabanya
- Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea > Azhdarchidae3
- Emyaka gy'enjazi
- emyaka obukadde 84 okutuuka ku 72 (Campanian)3
- Ensengeka z'enjazi
- Tangshang3
- Ensi
- Cayina3
- Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa
- 1 mu The Paleobiology Database3
- Okuzuulibwa
- Zhejiangopterus was named in 1994 by Chinese paleontologists Cai Zhengquan and Wei Feng. The first fossils were found in 1986 by a villager named Chengfa Xu in a quarry near Linhai, Zhejiang, China.31
- Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo
- Scientists are not sure whether Zhejiangopterus belongs to the family Nyctosauridae or Azhdarchidae. Different studies place it in different groups.31
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- Zhejiangopterus linhaiensis (Pterosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Linhai, Zhejiang, China (naturalhistory.si.edu)
- Zhejiangopterus (en.wikipedia.org)
- Zhejiangopterus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.
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