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Mesadactylus

Il num vul dir: “mesa finger”1

Mangiava: PeschReptils sgulantsGiurassic tardivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

Mesadactylus was a small flying reptile that lived during the Late Jurassic period. It had a special backbone that was fused together, just like in birds. This pterosaur likely flew over the landscape of what is now Colorado, USA.1

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

Viveva

avant 152 fin 145 milliuns onns3

Giurassic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

Colorado, USA3 1

Ladezza da las alas

1,5 fin 1,8 m (4,9 fin 5,9 ft)2

Spertadad maximala

var 46 km/h (29 mph)

Sgular, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic

Giurassic

Cretacic

avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant ladas eran sias alas?

uschè lung sco 4 giats da chasa dal nas a la cuapudess sgular sur in entir plaz da ballape en 8,2 secundas

Quant grond era Mesadactylus 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)

Mesadactylus var 46 km/h (29 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

The first fossil of Mesadactylus was a synsacrum, which is a set of seven back bones fused together. This fusion is more common in birds than in pterosaurs.1

The name Mesadactylus means 'mesa finger', referring to the Mesa region where it was found.1

Some scientists think that a larger pterosaur called Kepodactylus might actually be the same animal as Mesadactylus, but there are small differences.1

Mesadactylus lived about 152 to 145 million years ago, during the Kimmeridgian and Tithonian ages of the Late Jurassic.3

The first fossil was found at the Dry Mesa Quarry in Colorado, which is part of the Morrison Formation.1 3

In 2007, scientist S. Christopher Bennett suggested that the main fossil and other bones assigned to Mesadactylus might actually come from different kinds of pterosaurs.1

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

?Was Mesadactylus a dinosaur?

No, Mesadactylus was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived during the time of dinosaurs, but it is not a dinosaur.1

?How big was Mesadactylus?

The sources do not give a specific size for Mesadactylus, but it was a small pterosaur, as indicated by its small fossil remains.1

?What did Mesadactylus eat?

The sources do not describe what Mesadactylus ate, but as a small pterosaur it likely ate insects or small animals.1

?When did Mesadactylus live?

Mesadactylus lived during the Late Jurassic period, about 152 to 145 million years ago.1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Mesadactylus
Numnà da: Jensen and Padian 19893
Gruppa: Reptils sgulants
Famiglia / clada: Pterodactyloidea3
Classificaziun: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 152 fin 145 milliuns onns (Kimmeridgian / Tithonian)3
Formaziuns da crap: Morrison3
Pajais: USA3
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta: Mesadactylus was named in 1989 by James Jensen and Kevin Padian. The first fossil, a synsacrum, was at first thought to be from a bird and was called Palaeopteryx.1
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure if all the bones assigned to Mesadactylus really belong to the same animal. Some researchers think the main fossil might be from an anurognathid pterosaur, while other bones are from a pterodactyloid.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Mesadactylus (en.wikipedia.org)
Mesadactylus ornithosphyos | Pterosaur Database by DinoAnimals.com (dinoanimals.com)
Mesadactylus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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