Tacuadactylus

Il num vul dir: “Tacuadactylus means 'Tacuarembó finger', named after the place where it was found and the Greek word for finger.”1

Mangiava: PeschReptils sgulantsGiurassic tardiv fin Cretacic temprivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

Tacuadactylus was a flying reptile that lived about 150 million years ago. It had a long snout with many small teeth, perfect for scooping up fish. It was one of the first pterosaurs ever found in Uruguay!1

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

Viveva

avant 155 fin 143 milliuns onns4

Giurassic tardiv fin Cretacic tempriv

Fossils chattads en

Fossils were found in the Tacuarembó Formation in Uruguay, near Batoví and Bidegain.1 2

Ladezza da las alas

2,3 m (7,5 ft)3

Spertadad maximala

var 50 km/h (31 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 5 giats da chasa dal nas a la cuapudess sgular sur in entir plaz da ballape en 7,6 secundas

Quant grond era Tacuadactylus 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)

Tacuadactylus var 50 km/h (31 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Tacuadactylus was first mistaken for a sawfish! In 2016, scientists thought the snout belonged to an ancient fish, but a CAT scan showed it was actually a pterosaur.1

Its teeth were not straight up and down. They pointed forward and to the sides, which is unusual.2

Tacuadactylus had about 1.58 to 2 teeth per centimeter of jaw, making it a very toothy creature.2

It was the oldest known ctenochasmatid pterosaur from South America when it was named in 2021.1

The name 'luciae' honors the daughter of one of the scientists who described it.1

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

Maletg da Tacuadactylus fatg cun IA — In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Tacuadactylus 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: Some people might think Tacuadactylus was a dinosaur because it lived long ago and had wings.

Vardad: Tacuadactylus was a pterosaur, a flying reptile, not a dinosaur. Pterosaurs are a separate group of reptiles.1

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Tacuadactylus
Numnà da: Soto and Montenegro 20214
Gruppa: Reptils sgulants
Famiglia / clada: Ctenochasmatidae4
Classificaziun: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea4
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 155 fin 143 milliuns onns (Kimmeridgian / Tithonian)4
Formaziuns da crap: Tacuarembó4
Pajais: Uruguay4
Chats da fossils: 2 en The Paleobiology Database4
Scuverta: The first fossil, a snout, was found near Batoví in Uruguay and was initially reported as a sawfish in 2016. In 2021, scientists named it Tacuadactylus luciae after studying it more closely.1
Anc discutà: Scientists are still debating exactly how Tacuadactylus used its spoon-shaped snout and many teeth to feed.2

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

Tacuadactylus (en.wikipedia.org)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Tacuadactylus luciae | Pterosaur Database by DinoAnimals.com (dinoanimals.com)
Tacuadactylus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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