Cathayopterus

Il num vul dir: “China wing”1

Mangiava: PeschReptils sgulantsCretacic temprivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

Cathayopterus was a flying reptile that lived in ancient China. It used its long, thin teeth to sift small animals from the water like a living strainer.1

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

Viveva

avant 126 fin 120 milliuns onns4

Cretacic tempriv

Fossils chattads en

Liaoning Province, China1

Ladezza da las alas

1,5 m (4,9 ft)3

Spertadad maximala

var 42 km/h (26 mph)

Sgular, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic

Giurassic

Cretacic

avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant ladas eran sias alas?

uschè lung sco 3 giats da chasa dal nas a la cuapudess sgular sur in entir plaz da ballape en 9 secundas

Quant grond era Cathayopterus 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)

Cathayopterus var 42 km/h (26 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Cathayopterus is known only from a single skull preserved in top view, with its left side damaged.1

Its teeth splay outward at the tip of the snout, just like the teeth of another pterosaur called Ctenochasma.1

It lived during the Early Cretaceous, about 122 million years ago.1

The name Cathayopterus uses 'Cathay,' an old word for China, so it means 'China wing.'1

The species name grabaui honors American geologist Amadeus W. Grabau, who studied early Chinese fossils.1

It belongs to a group of pterosaurs called ctenochasmatids, which were mostly filter feeders.1

Cathayopterus probably flew over shallow waterways and used its teeth to strain small creatures from the water.1 2

Maletg da Cathayopterus fatg cun IA — In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Cathayopterus 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: Cathayopterus
Numnà da: Wang and Zhou 20064
Gruppa: Reptils sgulants
Famiglia / clada: Ctenochasmatidae4
Classificaziun: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea4
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 126 fin 120 milliuns onns (Barremian / Aptian)4
Formaziuns da crap: Yixian4
Pajais: China4
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database4
Scuverta: Cathayopterus was named in 2006 by Chinese paleontologists Wang Xiaolin and Zhou Zhonghe, based on a single skull found in the Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China.1 2
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure about the exact size of Cathayopterus, because only a partial skull has been found.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Cathayopterus (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Cathayopterus grabaui | Pterosaur Database by DinoAnimals.com (dinoanimals.com)
Cathayopterus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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