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Balaenognathus

Il num vul dir: “whale jaw”1

Mangiava: PeschReptils sgulantsGiurassic tardivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

Balaenognathus was a flying reptile that lived about 150 million years ago. It had a strange, spoon-shaped snout with hundreds of tiny hooked teeth. It used its beak like a strainer to scoop up tiny shrimp from the water, just like a modern flamingo.1 2

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

Viveva

avant 152 fin 149 milliuns onns6

Giurassic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

Bavaria, Germany3 1

Lunghezza

1 m (3,3 ft)2

Ladezza da las alas

1,17 m (3,8 ft)1 4

Spertadad maximala

var 38 km/h (24 mph)

Sgular, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic

Giurassic

Cretacic

avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant lung era el?

uschè lung sco 2 giats da chasa dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 6 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess sgular sur in entir plaz da ballape en 9,9 secundas

Quant grond era Balaenognathus 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)

Balaenognathus var 38 km/h (24 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Balaenognathus had at least 480 teeth, more than most other pterosaurs.1

The tips of its teeth had tiny hooks, which have never been seen in any other pterosaur. These hooks helped trap shrimp so they couldn't escape.1 2

The front of its snout was shaped like a spatula and had no teeth, so water could flow in easily.1

Its upper jaw was more curved than its lower jaw, so its mouth stayed slightly open at the front even when closed.1

The fossil was found by accident in a quarry in Germany, inside a block of stone that also contained bones of a crocodile-like animal.1 2

Balaenognathus lived during the Late Jurassic period, about 152 to 149 million years ago.3

It had long legs, which helped it wade through shallow seas while feeding.2

Maletg da Balaenognathus fatg cun IA — In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Balaenognathus 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 Balaenognathus

?What did Balaenognathus eat?

It ate tiny shrimp and other small plankton. It used its spoon-shaped beak and hundreds of tiny hooked teeth to strain them out of the water.1 2

?How big was Balaenognathus?

It was a medium-sized pterosaur with a wingspan of 1.17 metres (3.8 feet). Its body was about 1 metre long.5

?Why did Balaenognathus have so many teeth?

Balaenognathus had over 480 long, slender teeth with tiny hooks at the tips. These teeth formed a fine mesh like a net to trap tiny shrimp while letting water escape.1 2

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Balaenognathus
Numnà da: Martill et al. 20236
Gruppa: Reptils sgulants
Famiglia / clada: Ctenochasmatidae6
Classificaziun: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea6
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 152 fin 149 milliuns onns (Kimmeridgian)6
Pajais: Germania6
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database6
Scuverta: Balaenognathus was named by David Martill and colleagues in 2023. The only known fossil was found in September 2011 in a quarry near Wattendorf, Bavaria, Germany, by workers collecting a block of limestone.1
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure exactly how Balaenognathus used its hooked teeth and spatula-like snout to filter food, but they think it may have pumped water in and out by moving its long neck.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

A new pterodactyloid pterosaur with a unique filter-feeding apparatus from the Late Jurassic of Germany | PalZ | Springer Nature Link (link.springer.com)
Bizarre filter-feeding pterosaur described from Germany | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Balaenognathus (en.m.wikipedia.org)
Balaenognathus (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia)
Balaenognathus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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