Afrotapejara

Hiika maqaa: “African Tapejara”1

Kan nyaate: Muduraa fi biqiltuuHarkifattoota balali'anKireetaashasii Jalqabaa hanga Kireetaashasii DhumaaSeera saayinsiitiin daayinoosarii miti

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

Odeeffannoo bashannansiisaa: pteroosarootni daayinoosaroota olitti balali'u turan, garuu firoota isaanii turan malee daayinoosaroota hin turre.

Kan jiraate

waggaa miliyoona 106 hanga 94 dura4

Kireetaashasii Jalqabaa hanga Kireetaashasii Dhumaa

Fosiliiwwan kan itti argaman

Kem Kem beds near Takmout, Erfoud, southern Morocco1 2

Saffisa ol'aanaa

gara 52 km/sa'a (32 mph)

Balali'uu, tilmaama

Yoom jiraate?

Tiraayaasikii

Juraasikii

Kireetaashasii

waggaa miliyoona 252 dura20114566, asteerooyidii

Hammam saffisaa ture?

Nama miilaan deemu gara 5 km/sa'a (3 mph)

Daa'ima saayikilii irra jiru gara 12 km/sa'a (7 mph)

Afrotapejara gara 52 km/sa'a (32 mph)

Farda gulufu gara 65 km/sa'a (40 mph)

Cheetaa gara 100 km/sa'a (62 mph)

wantoota bareedoo

Odeeffannoowwan bashannansiisoo

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

Fakkii AI'n hojjetame: Afrotapejara — Fakkii AI'n hojjetame kan Afrotapejara maal fakkaachuu akka danda'u agarsiisu, kompiitaraan beekumsa saayintistootaa irratti hundaa'uun hojjetame. Tilmaama qofa: bineensi dhugaa adda ta'ee mul'achuu danda'a, halluu isaa dhugaa immoo namni beeku hin jiru.

ati gaafatte

Gaaffiiwwan waa'ee Afrotapejara baay'ee gaafataman

?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

Ogeeyyii daayinootiif

Maqaa saayinsii: Afrotapejara
Kan maqaa baase: Martill et al. 20204
Garee: Harkifattoota balali'an
Maatii / kilaadii: Tapejaridae4
Ramaddii: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea4
Umurii dhagaawwanii: waggaa miliyoona 106 hanga 94 (Albian / Cenomanian)4
Biyyoota: Morookoo4
Galmee fosilii: 2 The Paleobiology Database keessa4
Argannoo: 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
Ammallee falmisiisaa: Scientists are not sure what Afrotapejara's crest looked like, because only the front of its beak has been found.1

Odeeffannoon eessaa dhufa

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): umurii, bakkeewwan, caasaawwan dhagaa, ramaddii.

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