Forfexopterus

Il num vul dir: “scissor wings”1

Mangiava: PeschReptils sgulantsCretacic temprivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

Forfexopterus was a flying reptile that lived about 120 million years ago in what is now China. It had a long, low skull and many slender, curved teeth that it used to catch fish. With a wingspan of up to 3 metres, it was a large pterosaur for its time.1 3

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

Viveva

avant 121 fin 113 milliuns onns3

Cretacic tempriv

Fossils chattads en

Liaoning, China1 3

Ladezza da las alas

1,78 fin 3 m (5,8 fin 9,8 ft)1 2

Spertadad maximala

var 56 km/h (35 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 6,8 secundas

Quant grond era Forfexopterus 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)

Forfexopterus var 56 km/h (35 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Forfexopterus had a unique wing bone arrangement: the first bone of its wing finger was shorter than the second but longer than the third. No other pterosaur in its group had this.1

The larger fossil of Forfexopterus was a subadult, while the smaller one was an adult. This shows that different individuals grew at different rates.1 2

Forfexopterus lived in a lake environment. Fish and freshwater snail fossils were found on the same rock slab as one of its skeletons.1 2

Unlike many other ctenochasmatid pterosaurs, Forfexopterus did not have a spoon-shaped snout tip or crests on its head.1

The teeth of Forfexopterus were more curved than those of its close relatives. This may have helped it grab slippery fish.1

Forfexopterus had relatively small claws on its feet compared to its hand. Some scientists think its long foot bones helped it wade in water.1

Maletg da Forfexopterus fatg cun IA — In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Forfexopterus 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: Forfexopterus
Numnà da: Jiang et al. 20163
Gruppa: Reptils sgulants
Famiglia / clada: Ctenochasmatidae3
Classificaziun: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 121 fin 113 milliuns onns (Aptian)3
Formaziuns da crap: Jiufotang3
Pajais: China3
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta: Forfexopterus was named in 2016 by Shunxing Jiang and colleagues. The first fossil was found by a local farmer near Lamadong Town, Liaoning, China, and later studied by scientists.1
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure why the larger Forfexopterus fossil was less mature than the smaller one. It might be due to differences between males and females, but more fossils are needed to know for sure.1 2

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Forfexopterus (en.wikipedia.org)
FR - A new wing skeleton of Forfexopterus (Pterosauria: Ctenochasmatidae) from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota reveals a developmental variation (fr.copernicus.org)
Forfexopterus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

Mintga fatg sin questa pagina ha in numer che maina tar sia funtauna. Sche nus avain fatg in sbagl, perstgisa, nus essan fans da dinos, betg ina revista scientifica. Scriva a nus sin [email protected] e nus il curregin.

Rex ha fom! Dino Wiki è in project d'in bab per ses figl che ama ils dinos, gratuit, senza reclama e senza trackers. Ils creschids pon dar ina marenda a Rex per gidar a tegnair la pagina online.Pavlar Rex