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Dearc

Il num vul dir: “winged reptile or reptile from Skye in Scottish Gaelic”1

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Dearc was a flying reptile that lived in the Middle Jurassic, about 167 million years ago. It was one of the biggest flying animals of its time, with wings as wide as a small car! It soared over the lagoons of what is now Scotland.1

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

Viveva

avant 168 fin 165 milliuns onns6

Giurassic mesaun

Fossils chattads en

Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK1 3

Ladezza da las alas

2,5 fin 3 m (8,2 fin 9,8 ft)1 3

Spertadad maximala

var 52 km/h (32 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 1,5 velos in suenter l'auterpudess sgular sur in entir plaz da ballape en 7,3 secundas

Quant grond era Dearc 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)

Dearc 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

Dearc was not fully grown when it died. It was a juvenile or subadult, still actively growing, so adults might have been even bigger.1 3

Its wingspan was about 2.5 to 3 metres (8 to 10 feet), as wide as a wandering albatross, the largest flying bird today.1

Before Dearc was discovered, scientists thought pterosaurs stayed small until the Cretaceous period. Dearc shows they got big much earlier.1 3

The fossil was found at Brothers' Point on the Isle of Skye in 2017, during a National Geographic-funded field trip.1

Its name comes from Scottish Gaelic and means both 'winged reptile' and 'reptile from Skye', because Skye is called the 'winged isle'.1

Dearc had a long, low skull and a slender upper arm bone, which helped it fly.1

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

?How big was Dearc?

Dearc had a wingspan of about 2.5 to 3 metres, as wide as a wandering albatross, the largest flying bird today. It was not fully grown when it died, so adults might have been even bigger.3 4

?When did Dearc live?

Dearc lived in the Middle Jurassic, about 167 million years ago.3

?Where was Dearc found?

The fossil was found at Brothers' Point on the Isle of Skye in Scotland in 2017.3

?What did Dearc eat?

Dearc had two types of teeth: long fangs at the front and peg-like teeth further back, which suggests it ate fish or other small animals.3

?Is Dearc a dinosaur?

No, Dearc is a pterosaur, a flying reptile, not a dinosaur.3

?Why is Dearc important?

Dearc shows that pterosaurs grew to large sizes much earlier than scientists thought, because before its discovery they believed big pterosaurs only appeared in the Cretaceous.3 5

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Dearc
Numnà da: Jagielska et al. 20226
Gruppa: Reptils sgulants
Famiglia / clada: Rhamphorhynchidae6
Classificaziun: Pterosauria > Rhamphorhynchidae6
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 168 fin 165 milliuns onns (Bathonian)6
Formaziuns da crap: Lealt Shale6
Pajais: Reginavel Unì6
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database6
Scuverta: The first Dearc fossil was discovered on May 23, 2017, at Brothers' Point on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, by a team led by Stephen Brusatte. It was named Dearc sgiathanach by Jagielska and colleagues in 2022.1
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure exactly how big Dearc could grow, because the only known fossil is from a young animal that was still growing.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

A skeleton from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland illuminates an earlier origin of large pterosaurs: Current Biology (cell.com)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Dearc (en.wikipedia.org)
Report A skeleton from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland illuminates an earlier origin of large pterosaurs (sciencedirect.com)
Jurassic Dearc | Nature Ecology & Evolution (nature.com)
Dearc in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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