Gallodactylus

Il num vul dir: “rooster finger”3

Mangiava: PeschReptils sgulantsGiurassic tardivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

Gallodactylus was a flying reptile that lived near the sea. It had a long beak and probably scooped up fish for dinner. It was not a dinosaur, but a pterosaur.3

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

Viveva

avant 149 fin 145 milliuns onns3

Giurassic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

Canjuers-Les Bessons quarry, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France1

Spertadad maximala

var 52 km/h (32 mph)

Sgular, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic

Giurassic

Cretacic

avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

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)

Gallodactylus 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

Gallodactylus lived about 149 to 145 million years ago, during the Late Jurassic period.1

Its name means 'rooster finger', because scientists thought its wing finger looked like a rooster's toe.3

Only one species is known: Gallodactylus canjuersensis.1

The only fossil of Gallodactylus is a partial skeleton found in a limestone quarry in France.1

Some scientists think Gallodactylus might actually be the same animal as Cycnorhamphus.1

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

?How big was Gallodactylus?

No exact size is given in the sources, but it was a medium sized pterosaur with a wingspan estimated at about 1.5 metres (5 feet).2 3

?Did Gallodactylus have teeth?

Yes, it had peg-like teeth at the tips of its jaws, which were blunter and stouter in older individuals.2

?What did Gallodactylus eat?

It was a piscivore, meaning it ate fish, and may also have used its unusual jaws to crush hard invertebrates like mollusks.3 2

?Is Gallodactylus the same as Cycnorhamphus?

Many scientists think so. In 1996, it was reclassified as Cycnorhamphus canjuersensis, and later studies suggested the two species might be the same animal.3 2

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Gallodactylus
Numnà da: Fabre 19763
Gruppa: Reptils sgulants
Famiglia / clada: Lophocratia3
Classificaziun: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 149 fin 145 milliuns onns (Tithonian)3
Pajais: Frantscha3
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta: Gallodactylus was named by French paleontologist Fabre in 1976, based on a partial skeleton found at the Canjuers-Les Bessons quarry in France.3 1
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure if Gallodactylus is a separate genus or if it should be called Cycnorhamphus.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Cycnorhamphus (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia)
Gallodactylus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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