Apatorhamphus

Il num vul dir: “deceptive beak”1

Mangiava: PeschReptils sgulantsCretacic tempriv fin Cretacic tardivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

Apatorhamphus was a flying reptile that lived in what is now Morocco during the Cretaceous period. It had a long, toothless beak and probably ate fish. Scientists think it was a medium to large pterosaur with a wingspan of about 3 to 7 metres.1 2

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

Viveva

avant 106 fin 94 milliuns onns3

Cretacic tempriv fin Cretacic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

Kem Kem beds, southeast Morocco3 1

Ladezza da las alas

3 fin 7 m (9,8 fin 23 ft)1 2

Spertadad maximala

var 78 km/h (48 mph)

Sgular, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic

Giurassic

Cretacic

avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant ladas eran sias alas?

alas uschè ladas sco 4 velos in suenter l'auterpudess sgular sur in entir plaz da ballape en 4,8 secundas

Quant grond era Apatorhamphus cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn arcunà u tramess.

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)

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

Apatorhamphus var 78 km/h (48 mph)

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Apatorhamphus is only known from a few snout fragments, making it a mysterious pterosaur.2

Its name means 'deceptive beak' because scientists found it hard to identify the toothless beak.1

It lived alongside other pterosaurs like Alanqa and Afrotapejara in a landscape with rivers and lakes.2

The holotype fossil was bought from miners by paleontologist David Martill in 2016.2

Apatorhamphus might belong to the Chaoyangopteridae family, which includes toothless pterosaurs with long beaks.1

Scientists think large adults and young Apatorhamphus may have eaten different foods to avoid competition.2

Maletg da Apatorhamphus fatg cun IA — In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Apatorhamphus 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.

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Apatorhamphus
Numnà da: McPhee et al. 20203
Gruppa: Reptils sgulants
Famiglia / clada: Chaoyangopteridae3
Classificaziun: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 106 fin 94 milliuns onns (Albian / Cenomanian)3
Formaziuns da crap: Ifezouane3
Pajais: Marocco3
Chats da fossils: 3 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta: Apatorhamphus was named in 2020 by James McPhee and colleagues based on a snout fragment found in the Kem Kem beds of Morocco.3 1
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure if Apatorhamphus belongs to the Chaoyangopteridae family or another group of toothless pterosaurs.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

A new ?chaoyangopterid (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) from the Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of southern Morocco (sciencedirect.com)
Apatorhamphus (en.wikipedia.org)
Apatorhamphus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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