Wightia
Wightia was a flying reptile that lived about 127 million years ago. It had a long, pointed beak that curved downward, which helped it eat fruits. This pterosaur was one of the first tapejarids ever found in the United Kingdom.13
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Wightia is known from only a partial upper jaw bone, called a premaxilla.1
Its beak had a unique downward curve, which is a key feature of tapejarid pterosaurs.1
Wightia lived during the Barremian age of the Early Cretaceous, about 127 million years ago.1
This pterosaur was a frugivore, meaning it ate fruits, which is rare for flying reptiles.3
Wightia is the first tapejarid pterosaur ever found in the United Kingdom.1
The fossil was found on a wave-cut platform at Yaverland on the Isle of Wight.1

Mpo na bayebi ya badino
- Nkombo ya siansi
- Wightia
- Nkombo epesamaki na
- Martill et al. 20203
- Lisanga
- Bareptile oyo bapumbwaka
- Libota / klade
- Tapejaridae3
- Klasifikasio
- Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea3
- Mbula ya mabanga
- mbula milio 126 kino 121 (Barremian)3
- Milongo ya mabanga
- Wessex3
- Bikolo
- Angeletere3
- Bafosile oyo ekomami
- 1 na The Paleobiology Database3
- Ntango bamonaki yango
- Wightia was named in 2020 by David M. Martill and colleagues. The fossil was collected by John Winch from the Wessex Formation on the Isle of Wight, UK.13
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- Scientists are not sure about the exact size of Wightia, because only a partial jaw bone has been found.1
Esika makambo euti
- First tapejarid pterosaur from the Wessex Formation (Wealden Group: Lower Cretaceous, Barremian) of the United Kingdom (sciencedirect.com)
- Wightia declivirostris | Pterosaur Database by DinoAnimals.com (dinoanimals.com)
- Wightia in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): mbula, bisika, milongo ya mabanga, klasifikasio.
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