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Melkamter

Il num vul dir: “winged lizard”1

Mangiava: InsectsReptils sgulantsGiurassic temprivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

Melkamter was a flying reptile that lived in what is now Argentina during the Early Jurassic. It had a single big opening in the side of its skull, which is a clue that it was an early relative of the later pterodactyls.2

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

Viveva

avant 183 fin 175 milliuns onns4

Giurassic tempriv

Fossils chattads en

Queso Rallado, near Cerro Cóndor, Chubut Province, Argentina2 4

Ladezza da las alas

fin 3,6 m (12 ft)3

Spertadad maximala

var 60 km/h (37 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 2 velos in suenter l'auterpudess sgular sur in entir plaz da ballape en 6,3 secundas

Quant grond era Melkamter 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)

Melkamter var 60 km/h (37 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Melkamter is the oldest known monofenestratan pterosaur, meaning it lived earlier than any other member of that group.2

Its name comes from the Tehuelche language: 'mel' means wing and 'kamter' means big lizard.2

The species name 'pateko' honors the Queso Rallado fossil site and the broken condition of the bones.2

Melkamter had a skull with a single opening in front of the eye, a feature that links it to later pterodactyloids.2

Its teeth were short, stout and cone-shaped, with gaps between them bigger than the tooth length, which is typical for insect-eaters.2

The fossil was found in the Cañadón Asfalto Formation, which has also yielded other pterosaurs, showing that Gondwana had a rich pterosaur fauna in the Early Jurassic.2

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

?How big was Melkamter?

Its preserved skull is 131.3 millimetres (5.17 inches) long, so it was a small pterosaur, about the size of a crow.1

?What did Melkamter eat?

It probably ate insects. Its teeth were short, stout and cone-shaped, with gaps between them bigger than the tooth length, which is typical for insect-eaters.2

?When did Melkamter live?

Melkamter lived during the Early Jurassic, about 183 to 174 million years ago. It is the oldest known monofenestratan pterosaur.2 1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Melkamter
Numnà da: Fernandes et al. 20244
Gruppa: Reptils sgulants
Famiglia / clada: Monofenestrata4
Classificaziun: Pterosauria4
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 183 fin 175 milliuns onns (Toarcian)4
Formaziuns da crap: Cañadón Asfalto4
Pajais: Argentinia4
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database4
Scuverta: Melkamter was named in 2024 by Fernandes, Pol and Rauhut based on a partial skull and other bones found at the Queso Rallado site in Argentina.2 4
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure whether Melkamter was fully a pterodactyloid or a more primitive monofenestratan, because it has a mix of old and new features.2

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Melkamter (en.wikipedia.org)
The oldest monofenestratan pterosaur from the Queso Rallado locality (Cañadón Asfalto Formation, Toarcian) of Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
Melkamter pateko | Pterosaur Database by DinoAnimals.com (dinoanimals.com)
Melkamter in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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