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Mesadactylus

Dzina limatanthauza: “mesa finger”1
Ankadya: NsombaZokwawa zoulukaKumapeto kwa JurasikiKwenikweni si dainoso

Mesadactylus was a small flying reptile that lived during the Late Jurassic period. It had a special backbone that was fused together, just like in birds. This pterosaur likely flew over the landscape of what is now Colorado, USA.1

Mfundo yosangalatsa: mapterosauri ankauluka pamwamba pa madainoso, koma anali azisuweni awo, osati madainoso eniake.
Ankakhala
zaka 152 mpaka 145 miliyoni zapitazo3
Kumapeto kwa Jurasiki
Mafosili apezeka ku
Colorado, USA31
Kutambalala kwa mapiko
1.5 mpaka 1.8 m (4.9 mpaka 5.9 ft)2
Liwiro lalikulu kwambiri
pafupifupi 46 km/h (29 mph)
Kuuluka, kuyerekeza

Ankakhala liti?

Triasiki
Jurasiki
Kretase
Zaka 252 miliyoni zapitazo20114566, asteroidi

Anali wamkulu bwanji?

Mapiko ake anali otambalala bwanji?

Mesadactylus mapiko pafupifupi 1.8 m kuchokera nsonga mpaka nsonga (5.9 ft)Galu pafupifupi 1 m (3.3 ft)Njinga ya munthu wamkulu pafupifupi 1.8 m (5.9 ft)Galimoto pafupifupi 4.5 m (15 ft)
wautali ngati amphaka a pakhomo 4 otsatizana mphuno ndi mchiraakanatha kuuluka kudutsa bwalo lonse la mpira m'masekondi 8.2

Mesadactylus anali wamkulu bwanji poyerekeza ndi IWEYO?

Ndi masamu chabe mu msakatuli wako. Palibe chimene chimasungidwa kapena kutumizidwa kwina kulikonse.

Anali ndi liwiro lotani?

zinthu zosangalatsa

Mfundo zosangalatsa

1

The first fossil of Mesadactylus was a synsacrum, which is a set of seven back bones fused together. This fusion is more common in birds than in pterosaurs.1

2

The name Mesadactylus means 'mesa finger', referring to the Mesa region where it was found.1

3

Some scientists think that a larger pterosaur called Kepodactylus might actually be the same animal as Mesadactylus, but there are small differences.1

4

Mesadactylus lived about 152 to 145 million years ago, during the Kimmeridgian and Tithonian ages of the Late Jurassic.3

5

The first fossil was found at the Dry Mesa Quarry in Colorado, which is part of the Morrison Formation.13

6

In 2007, scientist S. Christopher Bennett suggested that the main fossil and other bones assigned to Mesadactylus might actually come from different kinds of pterosaurs.1

Chopangidwa ndi AIChithunzi cha Mesadactylus chopangidwa ndi AI
Chithunzi cha momwe Mesadactylus 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 Mesadactylus

?Was Mesadactylus a dinosaur?

No, Mesadactylus was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived during the time of dinosaurs, but it is not a dinosaur.1

?How big was Mesadactylus?

The sources do not give a specific size for Mesadactylus, but it was a small pterosaur, as indicated by its small fossil remains.1

?What did Mesadactylus eat?

The sources do not describe what Mesadactylus ate, but as a small pterosaur it likely ate insects or small animals.1

?When did Mesadactylus live?

Mesadactylus lived during the Late Jurassic period, about 152 to 145 million years ago.1

Kwa akatswiri a madino

Dzina la sayansi
Mesadactylus
Anapatsidwa dzina ndi
Jensen and Padian 19893
Gulu
Zokwawa zouluka
Banja / kladi
Pterodactyloidea3
Magawidwe a sayansi
Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea3
Zaka za miyala
zaka 152 mpaka 145 miliyoni (Kimmeridgian / Tithonian)3
Mapangidwe a miyala
Morrison3
Mayiko
Amereka3
Zolemba za mafosili
1 mu The Paleobiology Database3
Kupezeka
Mesadactylus was named in 1989 by James Jensen and Kevin Padian. The first fossil, a synsacrum, was at first thought to be from a bird and was called Palaeopteryx.1
Akukambiranabe
Scientists are not sure if all the bones assigned to Mesadactylus really belong to the same animal. Some researchers think the main fossil might be from an anurognathid pterosaur, while other bones are from a pterodactyloid.1

Kumene mfundo zimachokera

  1. Mesadactylus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Mesadactylus ornithosphyos | Pterosaur Database by DinoAnimals.com (dinoanimals.com)
  3. Mesadactylus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): zaka, malo, mapangidwe a miyala, magawidwe a sayansi.

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