Liaoxipterus

Il num vul dir: “Liaoxi wing”1

Mangiava: InsectsReptils sgulantsCretacic temprivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

Liaoxipterus was a flying reptile that lived about 120 million years ago. It had a short jaw with small, peg-like teeth, and it may have used its long tongue to catch insects, just like a chameleon!1 2

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 Province, China1 3

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)

Liaoxipterus 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

Liaoxipterus was the first istiodactylid pterosaur found in China, but scientists first thought it was a different kind of pterosaur called a ctenochasmatid.2

Its lower jaw was about 161 millimetres long, which is shorter than a ruler, and it had about 26 teeth in total.1 2

The hyoid bone in its throat was Y-shaped and very long, similar to a chameleon's, which helps the tongue shoot out to catch prey.2

Liaoxipterus lived alongside other pterosaurs like Nurhachius and Istiodactylus sinensis in the same ancient environment.2

Its teeth were all the same shape, with roots longer than the crowns, and they were flattened from side to side.2

Scientists think the wide tip of its lower jaw might have been different from other pterosaurs because of sexual differences, like males and females looking different.2

Maletg da Liaoxipterus fatg cun IA — In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Liaoxipterus 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.

Chatschader da mitus

Mitus: Liaoxipterus was a dinosaur.

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

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Liaoxipterus
Numnà da: Dong and Lü 20053
Gruppa: Reptils sgulants
Famiglia / clada: Istiodactylidae3
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: Liaoxipterus was named by Dong Zhiming and Lü Junchang in 2005, based on a nearly complete lower jaw found in the Jiufotang Formation in China.1 3
Anc discutà: Scientists still debate whether Liaoxipterus is the same as another pterosaur called Nurhachius, because some studies say they are different, while others suggest they might be the same.1 2

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Liaoxipterus (en.wikipedia.org)
Restudy of Liaoxipterus (Istiodactylidae: Pterosauria), with comments on the Chinese istiodactylid pterosaurs (epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de)
Liaoxipterus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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