Boreopterus
Boreopterus was a flying reptile that lived in China about 124 million years ago. It had a long, low skull packed with lots of sharp teeth, like a fish trap. Scientists think it swam through the water to catch fish, just like some dolphins do today.1
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ndende nk'injangwe 3 zo mu rugo zikurikiranye⚽yashoboraga kuguruka ikambuka ikibuga cyose cy'umupira w'amaguru mu masegonda 9Boreopterus yanganaga ite ugereranyije NAWE?
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Utuntu dushimishije
Boreopterus had at least 27 teeth on each side of both its upper and lower jaws, a huge number for a pterosaur.1
The front nine pairs of teeth were especially large and formed a mesh that helped trap slippery fish.1
Its wingspan was only about 1.45 metres (4.76 feet), making it a small to medium-sized pterosaur.1
It lived during the Early Cretaceous period, around 124.6 million years ago.1
Some scientists think Boreopterus foraged while swimming, using its needle-like teeth to snatch prey, similar to modern Platanista river dolphins.1
The closely related pterosaur Zhenyuanopterus might actually be the adult form of Boreopterus, but scientists are not sure.1

Ibibazo bibazwa cyane kuri Boreopterus
?Was Boreopterus a dinosaur?
No, Boreopterus was a pterosaur, which is a flying reptile and not a dinosaur.1
?How big was Boreopterus?
Its wingspan was about 1.45 metres (4.76 feet), and its skull was 235 millimetres (9.25 inches) long.1
?What did Boreopterus eat?
It ate fish. It had many sharp teeth that formed a mesh to trap slippery fish, and it may have swum through the water to catch them, like some dolphins do today.1
Gusenya ibinyoma
Ibivugwa: Some people think Boreopterus was a dinosaur.
Ukuri: Boreopterus was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that is not a dinosaur.1
Ku bazobereye muri dinozore
- Izina rya siyansi
- Boreopterus
- Yiswe na
- Lü and Ji 20052
- Itsinda
- Ibikururanda biguruka
- Umuryango / ishami
- Boreopteridae2
- Ishyirwa mu byiciro
- Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea2
- Imyaka y'amabuye
- imyaka miliyoni 126 kugeza 120 (Barremian / Aptian)2
- Inzego z'amabuye
- Yixian2
- Ibihugu
- Ubushinwa2
- Ibisigazwa byanditswe
- 2 muri The Paleobiology Database2
- Ivumburwa
- Lü Junchang and Ji Qiang named Boreopterus in 2005 based on a nearly complete skeleton and skull found in the Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China.1
- Biracyagibwaho impaka
- Scientists debate whether the pterosaur Zhenyuanopterus is actually the adult form of Boreopterus.1
Aho amakuru yakuwe
- Boreopterus (en.wikipedia.org)
- Boreopterus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): imyaka, ahantu, inzego z'amabuye, ishyirwa mu byiciro.
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