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Ikrandraco

Il num vul dir: “Ikran dragon, after the flying creatures in the movie Avatar”1

Mangiava: PeschReptils sgulantsCretacic temprivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

Ikrandraco was a flying reptile that lived about 120 million years ago. It had a long, low skull and a sharp blade-like crest on its lower jaw, unlike any other pterosaur. Scientists think it skimmed over lakes to catch fish, maybe even using a throat pouch like a pelican.2

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

Viveva

avant 121 fin 113 milliuns onns4

Cretacic tempriv

Fossils chattads en

Liaoning Province, China (Jiufotang Formation)2

Lunghezza

1,5 fin 2 m (4,9 fin 6,6 ft)2

Ladezza da las alas

3 fin 4 m (9,8 fin 13 ft)2

Spertadad maximala

var 63 km/h (39 mph)

Sgular, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic

Giurassic

Cretacic

avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant lung era el?

uschè lung sco 4 giats da chasa dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 11 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess sgular sur in entir plaz da ballape en 6 secundas

Quant grond era Ikrandraco 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)

Ikrandraco var 63 km/h (39 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Ikrandraco's lower jaw had a deep, blade-like crest with a hook at the back. No other pterosaur has this feature.2

The hook on the crest might have anchored a throat pouch, like a pelican's, to store fish.2 1

Its skull was very low and long, only about 18.7% as tall as it was long.2

Ikrandraco lived alongside other fish-eating pterosaurs like Liaoningopterus and Guidraco, but they had different teeth and hunting styles.2

The name Ikrandraco comes from the fictional 'ikran' creatures in the movie Avatar, which also have a head crest.1

Two fossils of Ikrandraco have been found, both from the same rock formation in China.2

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

?How big was Ikrandraco?

Its skull was about 286.5 millimetres (11.28 inches) long. The full size of the animal is not known from the fossils found so far.1

?What did Ikrandraco eat?

It ate fish. Scientists think it skimmed over lakes to catch them, and it may have stored fish in a throat pouch like a pelican.1 3

?Did Ikrandraco have feathers?

No, Ikrandraco was a pterosaur, a flying reptile. Pterosaurs are not dinosaurs and they had hair like structures called pycnofibres instead of feathers.1

?Where did Ikrandraco live?

It lived in what is now northeastern China, about 120 million years ago during the Early Cretaceous.1 3

Chatschader da mitus

Mitus: Ikrandraco was a dinosaur.

Vardad: Ikrandraco was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that is not a dinosaur.1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Ikrandraco
Numnà da: Wang et al. 20144
Gruppa: Reptils sgulants
Famiglia / clada: Pteranodontoidea4
Classificaziun: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea4
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 121 fin 113 milliuns onns (Aptian)4
Formaziuns da crap: Jiufotang4
Pajais: China4
Chats da fossils: 2 en The Paleobiology Database4
Scuverta: Ikrandraco was named in 2014 by Wang Xiaolin and colleagues, based on a partial skeleton found in Liaoning, China. A second skull was also found nearby.2 1
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure if Ikrandraco really used its crest for skimming or if it had a throat pouch, because no soft tissue is preserved.2

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Ikrandraco (en.wikipedia.org)
An Early Cretaceous pterosaur with an unusual mandibular crest from China and a potential novel feeding strategy | Scientific Reports (nature.com)
untitled (nature.com)
Ikrandraco in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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