Wightia

Il num vul dir: “pertaining to the Isle of Wight, where it was found, and slanting beak”1 3

Mangiava: Fritga e plantasReptils sgulantsCretacic temprivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

Wightia was a flying reptile that lived about 127 million years ago. It had a long, pointed beak that curved downward, which helped it eat fruits. This pterosaur was one of the first tapejarids ever found in the United Kingdom.1 3

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

Viveva

avant 126 fin 121 milliuns onns3

Cretacic tempriv

Fossils chattads en

Isle of Wight, United Kingdom1 3

Ladezza da las alas

1,2 m (3,9 ft)2

Spertadad maximala

var 39 km/h (24 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 2,5 giats da chasa dal nas a la cuapudess sgular sur in entir plaz da ballape en 9,7 secundas

Quant grond era Wightia 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)

Wightia var 39 km/h (24 mph)

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

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

Wightia is known from only a partial upper jaw bone, called a premaxilla.1

Its beak had a unique downward curve, which is a key feature of tapejarid pterosaurs.1

Wightia lived during the Barremian age of the Early Cretaceous, about 127 million years ago.1

This pterosaur was a frugivore, meaning it ate fruits, which is rare for flying reptiles.3

Wightia is the first tapejarid pterosaur ever found in the United Kingdom.1

The fossil was found on a wave-cut platform at Yaverland on the Isle of Wight.1

Maletg da Wightia fatg cun IA — In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Wightia 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.

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Wightia
Numnà da: Martill et al. 20203
Gruppa: Reptils sgulants
Famiglia / clada: Tapejaridae3
Classificaziun: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa: 126 fin 121 milliuns onns (Barremian)3
Formaziuns da crap: Wessex3
Pajais: Reginavel Unì3
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta: Wightia was named in 2020 by David M. Martill and colleagues. The fossil was collected by John Winch from the Wessex Formation on the Isle of Wight, UK.1 3
Anc discutà: Scientists are not sure about the exact size of Wightia, because only a partial jaw bone has been found.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

First tapejarid pterosaur from the Wessex Formation (Wealden Group: Lower Cretaceous, Barremian) of the United Kingdom (sciencedirect.com)
Wightia declivirostris | Pterosaur Database by DinoAnimals.com (dinoanimals.com)
Wightia in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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