Rhamphocephalus

Il num vul dir: “beak head”1

Mangiava: PeschReptils sgulantsGiurassic mesaun fin Giurassic tardivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

Rhamphocephalus was a flying reptile that lived during the Middle Jurassic. It soared over the warm seas of what is now England, snatching fish with its sharp beak. But scientists now think some of its bones actually belong to a different kind of reptile, a marine crocodylomorph!1

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

Viveva

avant 168 fin 155 milliuns onns5

Giurassic mesaun fin Giurassic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom1 2

Ladezza da las alas

2 m (6,6 ft)3 4

Spertadad maximala

var 48 km/h (30 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 7,9 secundas

Quant grond era Rhamphocephalus 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)

Rhamphocephalus var 48 km/h (30 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Rhamphocephalus was originally thought to be a pterosaur, but the type species, R. prestwichi, is now considered a thalattosuchian (a marine crocodylomorph).1

The name Rhamphocephalus was used as a 'wastebasket taxon' for many British Jurassic pterosaur remains, meaning it was a catch-all for fossils that didn't fit elsewhere.1

Fossils of Rhamphocephalus range from about 168 to 155 million years old, from the Bathonian to the Oxfordian stages of the Jurassic.2

Several species once placed in Rhamphocephalus, like Pterodactylus bucklandii, are now considered pterosaurs but not within this genus.1

The holotype (original specimen) of Rhamphocephalus prestwichi is just a fragment of skull roof, which made it hard for scientists to identify correctly.1

Maletg da Rhamphocephalus fatg cun IA — In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Rhamphocephalus 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: Rhamphocephalus is definitely a pterosaur.

Vardad: The type species is actually a thalattosuchian (a marine crocodylomorph). The pterosaur species once grouped with it are now considered separate.1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Rhamphocephalus
Numnà da: Seeley 18805
Gruppa: Reptils sgulants
Famiglia / clada: Rhamphorhynchidae5
Classificaziun: Pterosauria > Rhamphorhynchidae5
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 168 fin 155 milliuns onns (Bathonian / Oxfordian)5
Formaziuns da crap: Taynton Limestone, Cotswold Slate, Chipping Norton Limestone5
Pajais: Reginavel Unì5
Chats da fossils: 10 en The Paleobiology Database5
Era enconuschent sco: Dolichorhamphus (nums pli vegls che valan ussa sco il medem animal)5
Scuverta: Harry Seeley named Rhamphocephalus prestwichi in 1880 based on a skull roof fragment found by Professor Prestwich in Gloucestershire, England.1
Anc discutà: Scientists are still unsure which pterosaur species belong to Rhamphocephalus, because many of the fossils are incomplete or poorly preserved.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Rhamphocephalus (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
PaleoCodex :: Rhamphocephalus (paleocodex.com)
Rhamphocephalus (prehistoric-wildlife.com)
Rhamphocephalus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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