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Zhejiangopterus

Il num vul dir: “Zhejiang wing, named after the Chinese province where it was found”1
Mangiava: PeschReptils sgulantsCretacic tardivTecnicamain betg in dinosaur

Zhejiangopterus was a huge flying reptile that lived in ancient China. It had a long, toothless beak like a modern bird and a wingspan wider than a car is long. It soared over the Late Cretaceous skies hunting for fish.31

Fatg divertent: ils pterosaurs sgulavan sur ils dinosaurs, ma els eran lur cusrins, betg dinosaurs sezs.
Viveva
avant 84 fin 72 milliuns onns3
Cretacic tardiv
Fossils chattads en
Aolicun village, Shangpanzhen, Linhai, Zhejiang Province, China31
Ladezza da las alas
5 m (16 ft)1
Paisa
7,9 kg (17 lb)2
Spertadad maximala
var 69 km/h (43 mph)
Sgular, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic
Giurassic
Cretacic
avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant ladas eran sias alas?

Zhejiangopterus alas var 5 m da piz a piz (16 ft)In velo da creschids var 1,8 m (5,9 ft)In auto var 4,5 m (15 ft)In elefant, il pli grond animal da terra dad oz var 6,5 m (21 ft)

Quant grev era el?

uschè grev sco 2 giats da chasa
alas uschè ladas sco 3 velos in suenter l'autervar uschè grev sco in giat da chasauschè grev sco 66 bananaspudess sgular sur in entir plaz da ballape en 5,5 secundas

Quant grond era Zhejiangopterus cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn arcunà u tramess.

Quant spert era el?

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

1

Zhejiangopterus had no teeth at all. Its beak was long, thin and pointed, perfect for grabbing fish.1

2

Its skull was long and low, with a single large oval opening that took up nearly half the length of the head.1

3

The wing finger metacarpal bone was longer than the combined radius and ulna bones in the arm.1

4

Its thigh bone was about one and a half times longer than its upper arm bone.1

5

Zhejiangopterus lived around 81.5 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.1

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It was discovered by a local villager named Chengfa Xu in 1986 while he was splitting rocks in a quarry.1

Fatg cun IAMaletg da Zhejiangopterus fatg cun IA
In maletg fatg cun IA che mussa co Zhejiangopterus 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 Zhejiangopterus

?How big was Zhejiangopterus?

Its wingspan was first estimated at 5 meters (16.4 feet), but later estimates reduced it to about 3.5 meters (11.5 feet). Its body mass was around 7.9 kilograms (roughly 17 pounds).2

?Did Zhejiangopterus have teeth?

No, it had no teeth at all. Its beak was long, thin, and sharply pointed.2

?What did Zhejiangopterus eat?

It likely ate fish, grabbing them with its long, toothless beak.2

?When did Zhejiangopterus live?

It lived about 81.5 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous Period.2

?Where was Zhejiangopterus found?

It was discovered in Zhejiang Province, China, near the city of Linhai.2

?Is Zhejiangopterus a dinosaur?

No, it is a pterosaur, a flying reptile that is not a dinosaur.2

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific
Zhejiangopterus
Numnà da
Cai and Wei 19943
Gruppa
Reptils sgulants
Famiglia / clada
Azhdarchidae3
Classificaziun
Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea > Azhdarchidae3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa
84 fin 72 milliuns onns (Campanian)3
Formaziuns da crap
Tangshang3
Pajais
China3
Chats da fossils
1 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta
Zhejiangopterus was named in 1994 by Chinese paleontologists Cai Zhengquan and Wei Feng. The first fossils were found in 1986 by a villager named Chengfa Xu in a quarry near Linhai, Zhejiang, China.31
Anc discutà
Scientists are not sure whether Zhejiangopterus belongs to the family Nyctosauridae or Azhdarchidae. Different studies place it in different groups.31

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Zhejiangopterus linhaiensis (Pterosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Linhai, Zhejiang, China (naturalhistory.si.edu)
  2. Zhejiangopterus (en.wikipedia.org)
  3. Zhejiangopterus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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