Afrotapejara

Il num vul dir: “African Tapejara”1

Mangiava: Fritga e plantasReptils sgulantsCretacic tempriv fin Cretacic tardivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

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

Fatg divertent: ils pterosaurs sgulavan sur ils dinosaurs, ma els eran lur cusrins, betg dinosaurs sezs.

Viveva

avant 106 fin 94 milliuns onns4

Cretacic tempriv fin Cretacic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

Kem Kem beds near Takmout, Erfoud, southern Morocco1 2

Spertadad maximala

var 52 km/h (32 mph)

Sgular, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic

Giurassic

Cretacic

avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant spert era el?

Ina persuna che va a pe var 5 km/h (3 mph)

In uffant sin il velo var 12 km/h (7 mph)

Afrotapejara var 52 km/h (32 mph)

In chaval che galoppescha var 65 km/h (40 mph)

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

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

Maletg da Afrotapejara fatg cun IA — In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Afrotapejara pudess avair guardà ora, fatg d'in computer tenor quai che la scienza sa. I sa tracta d'ina supposiziun: l'animal vair ha forsa guardà ora auter, e sias colurs vairas èn nunenconuschentas.

tias dumondas

Las dumondas las pli frequentas davart 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

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Afrotapejara
Numnà da: Martill et al. 20204
Gruppa: Reptils sgulants
Famiglia / clada: Tapejaridae4
Classificaziun: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea4
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 106 fin 94 milliuns onns (Albian / Cenomanian)4
Pajais: Marocco4
Chats da fossils: 2 en The Paleobiology Database4
Scuverta: 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
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure what Afrotapejara's crest looked like, because only the front of its beak has been found.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

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): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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