Lonchognathosaurus

Il num vul dir: “lance jaw lizard”1

Mangiava: PeschReptils sgulantsCretacic temprivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

Lonchognathosaurus was a flying reptile with a long, pointed snout and needle-like teeth. It soared over lakes and rivers in what is now China during the Early Cretaceous Period, about 137 to 100 million years ago. It was not a dinosaur, but a pterosaur, a close cousin of dinosaurs.1 2

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

Viveva

avant 137 fin 100 milliuns onns4

Cretacic tempriv

Fossils chattads en

Fossils were found in the Lianmuqin Formation, near Urumqi, in the southern Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, China.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 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)

Lonchognathosaurus 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

Its skull was about 400 mm (15.75 inches) long, and the tip of its upper jaw was needle-like.1

It had only eight teeth in each upper jaw, and they were spaced far apart, getting smaller towards the back.1 3

Unlike many other pterosaurs, the bottom edge of its upper jaw was straight, not curved.1

It had a crest on its head with grooves and a concave front edge.1

In 2022, a wing bone from Siberia was identified as possibly belonging to Lonchognathosaurus, suggesting it lived over a wider area than first thought.1

Some scientists think it might be the same as another pterosaur called Dsungaripterus, but others disagree.1 2

Maletg da Lonchognathosaurus fatg cun IA — In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Lonchognathosaurus 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: Lonchognathosaurus was a dinosaur.

Vardad: It was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that is a close cousin of dinosaurs, but not a dinosaur itself.1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Lonchognathosaurus
Numnà da: Maisch et al. 20044
Gruppa: Reptils sgulants
Famiglia / clada: Dsungaripteridae4
Classificaziun: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea4
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 137 fin 100 milliuns onns (Valanginian / Albian)4
Formaziuns da crap: Lianmuqin4
Pajais: China4
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database4
Scuverta: The first fossil, a partial skull and lower jaws, was found near Urumqi, China, and named by Michael Maisch, Andreas Matzke, and Sun Ge in 2004.1 3
Anc discutà: Scientists debate whether Lonchognathosaurus is a valid genus or the same as Dsungaripterus or Noripterus.1 2

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Lonchognathosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
A new dsungaripteroid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of the southern Junggar Basin, north-west China - ADS (ui.adsabs.harvard.edu)
Lonchognathosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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