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Cuspicephalus

Il num vul dir: “pointed head”1

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Cuspicephalus was a flying reptile that lived near the sea in what is now England. It had a very long, pointy skull and caught fish with its many teeth.2 3

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

Viveva

avant 155 fin 152 milliuns onns3

Giurassic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset, England3 2

Ladezza da las alas

1,2 fin 1,75 m (3,9 fin 5,7 ft)2

Spertadad maximala

var 45 km/h (28 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 4 giats da chasa dal nas a la cuapudess sgular sur in entir plaz da ballape en 8,4 secundas

Quant grond era Cuspicephalus 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)

Cuspicephalus var 45 km/h (28 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Cuspicephalus had a skull that was almost five and a half times longer than it was tall. That is the most extreme ratio of any pterosaur.2

Its name means 'pointed head' and it was named after the cartoonist Gerald Scarfe, whose drawings often have very pointy noses.1

Cuspicephalus is one of the first non-pterodactyloid monofenestratan pterosaurs found outside China.1

The only known fossil is a flattened skull found on a beach at Kimmeridge Bay, part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site.2 1

Cuspicephalus had at least 12 or 13 pairs of teeth in front of a large hole in its skull called the nasoantorbital fenestra.1

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

?How big was Cuspicephalus?

It was a small pterosaur with a wingspan of about 1.2 to 1.75 metres. Its skull was 32.6 centimetres long.2 1

?What did Cuspicephalus eat?

It likely ate fish, catching them with its many sharp teeth. Its long, pointed skull was good for snatching prey from the water.2

?When did Cuspicephalus live?

It lived during the Late Jurassic period, about 155 to 150 million years ago. Its fossils were found in the Kimmeridge Clay Formation in England.2 3

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Cuspicephalus
Numnà da: Martill and Etches 20133
Gruppa: Reptils sgulants
Famiglia / clada: Monofenestrata3
Classificaziun: Pterosauria3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 155 fin 152 milliuns onns (Kimmeridgian)3
Formaziuns da crap: Kimmeridge Clay3
Pajais: Reginavel Unì3
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta: Fossil collector Steve Etches found the partial skull in December 2009 at Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset, England. Scientists David Martill and Steve Etches named it Cuspicephalus scarfi in 2013.2 1
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure whether Cuspicephalus was more closely related to Darwinopterus or to pterodactyloids like Germanodactylus.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

A new monofenestratan pterosaur from the Kimmeridge (app.pan.pl)
Cuspicephalus (en.wikipedia.org)
Cuspicephalus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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