Afrotapejara

Dzina limatanthauza: “African Tapejara”1

Ankadya: Zipatso ndi zomeraZokwawa zoulukaKumayambiriro kwa Kretase mpaka Kumapeto kwa KretaseKwenikweni si dainoso

Afrotapejara was a flying reptile that lived in what is now Morocco. It had a downturned beak and no teeth, just like a modern bird. Scientists think it might have eaten fruit.1 4

Mfundo yosangalatsa: mapterosauri ankauluka pamwamba pa madainoso, koma anali azisuweni awo, osati madainoso eniake.

Ankakhala

zaka 106 mpaka 94 miliyoni zapitazo4

Kumayambiriro kwa Kretase mpaka Kumapeto kwa Kretase

Mafosili apezeka ku

Kem Kem beds near Takmout, Erfoud, southern Morocco1 2

Liwiro lalikulu kwambiri

pafupifupi 52 km/h (32 mph)

Kuuluka, kuyerekeza

Ankakhala liti?

Triasiki

Jurasiki

Kretase

Zaka 252 miliyoni zapitazo20114566, asteroidi

Anali ndi liwiro lotani?

Munthu akuyenda pafupifupi 5 km/h (3 mph)

Mwana pa njinga pafupifupi 12 km/h (7 mph)

Afrotapejara pafupifupi 52 km/h (32 mph)

Hatchi ikuthamanga pafupifupi 65 km/h (40 mph)

Kakwiyo pafupifupi 100 km/h (62 mph)

zinthu zosangalatsa

Mfundo zosangalatsa

Afrotapejara is the first tapejarid pterosaur ever found in Africa.1 2

Its name means 'African Tapejara', because it comes from Africa and looks like the Brazilian pterosaur Tapejara.1

Afrotapejara had a downturned beak and no teeth, which is unusual for pterosaurs.1

It lived during the mid-Cretaceous period, about 106 to 94 million years ago.4

Only a partial jaw bone (the front part of the upper beak) has been found so far.1

The Kem Kem beds in Morocco, where Afrotapejara was found, are famous for many other pterosaurs and dinosaurs.1

Chithunzi cha Afrotapejara chopangidwa ndi AI — Chithunzi cha momwe Afrotapejara mwina ankaonekera, chopangidwa ndi kompyuta kuchokera pa zomwe asayansi amadziwa. Ndi kungoyerekeza: nyama yeniyeniyo mwina inkaoneka mosiyana, ndipo palibe amene akudziwa mitundu yake yeniyeni.

mwafunsa

Mafunso ofunsidwa kwambiri okhudza Afrotapejara

?What did Afrotapejara eat?

Scientists think it might have eaten fruit, but no one knows for sure. It had no teeth, like a bird, and its beak shape is similar to animals that eat fruit.1

?Was Afrotapejara a dinosaur?

No, Afrotapejara was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived at the same time as dinosaurs. Pterosaurs are not dinosaurs.3

?How big was Afrotapejara?

Nobody knows for sure, because only a partial jaw bone has been found so far. Scientists can't tell its size from just that piece.3

?When did Afrotapejara live?

It lived during the mid-Cretaceous period, about 106 to 94 million years ago, in what is now Morocco.3

Kwa akatswiri a madino

Dzina la sayansi: Afrotapejara
Anapatsidwa dzina ndi: Martill et al. 20204
Gulu: Zokwawa zouluka
Banja / kladi: Tapejaridae4
Magawidwe a sayansi: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea4
Zaka za miyala: zaka 106 mpaka 94 miliyoni (Albian / Cenomanian)4
Mayiko: Moroko4
Zolemba za mafosili: 2 mu The Paleobiology Database4
Kupezeka: Afrotapejara was named in 2020 by David Martill and colleagues. The fossil was bought from a fossil trader in Erfoud, Morocco, and came from the Kem Kem beds near Takmout.1 2
Akukambiranabe: Scientists are not sure what Afrotapejara's crest looked like, because only the front of its beak has been found.1

Kumene mfundo zimachokera

A new tapejarid (Pterosauria, Azhdarchoidea) from the mid (pure.port.ac.uk)
A new tapejarid (Pterosauria, Azhdarchoidea) from the mid-Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of Takmout, southern Morocco (sciencedirect.com)
Afrotapejara (en.wikipedia.org)
Afrotapejara in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): zaka, malo, mapangidwe a miyala, magawidwe a sayansi.

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