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Radiodactylus

Zita rinoreva: “radio finger”1
Raidya: HoveZvinokambaira zvinobhururukaCretaceous YekutangaHarisi dhinosori chaizvo

Radiodactylus was a flying reptile that lived in what is now Texas, USA, about 119 to 112 million years ago. It was a pterosaur, not a dinosaur, and it soared over ancient seas looking for fish to eat. Its name comes from the nuclear power plant where its fossil was found!13

Chokwadi chinonakidza: mapterosauro aibhururuka pamusoro pemadhinosori, asi aiva hama dzawo, kwete madhinosori pachawo.
Raivapo
makore mamiriyoni 113 kusvika 110 apfuura3
Cretaceous Yekutanga
Mafosiri akawanikwa:
Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Glen Rose Formation, Somervell County, Texas, USA13
Kupamhama kwemapapiro
3.8 m (12 ft)2
Kumhanya kwepamusoro
kunenge 61 km/h (38 mph)
Kubhururuka, fungidziro

Rairarama rini?

Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
makore mamiriyoni 252 apfuura20114566, dombo guru rakabva mudenga

Raiva hombe sei?

Mapapiro aro aiva akapamhama zvakadii?

Radiodactylus mapapiro anenge 3.8 m kubva kumugumo kusvika kumugumo (12 ft)Bhasikoro remunhu mukuru kunenge 1.8 m (5.9 ft)Motokari kunenge 4.5 m (15 ft)Nzou, mhuka hombe kupfuura dzose dzepanyika nhasi kunenge 6.5 m (21 ft)
mapapiro akapamhama semabhasikoro 2 akatevedzanaraigona kubhururuka richiyambuka nhandare yose yebhora mumasekonzi 6.2

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1

Radiodactylus is known only from a single nearly complete left humerus (upper arm bone). The bone was found during construction of an emergency spillway at a nuclear power plant.1

2

Its name means 'radio finger' because it was discovered at the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant. The 'dactyl' part is a common ending for pterosaur names, referring to their long wing fingers.1

3

Radiodactylus was a close relative of the giant azhdarchid pterosaurs, but it lived much earlier and was smaller than them.1

4

The species name langstoni honors Dr. Wann Langston Jr., who is called 'the father of Texas pterosaurology' for his work on pterosaurs from Texas.1

5

Scientists originally thought Radiodactylus was an azhdarchid pterosaur, but later studies showed it was a more primitive member of that group, called a non-azhdarchid azhdarchoid.1

Zvakagadzirwa neAIMufananidzo wakagadzirwa neAI: Radiodactylus
Mufananidzo wakagadzirwa neAI unoratidza kuti Radiodactylus ringangodai raitaridzika sei, wakagadzirwa nekombiyuta kubva pane zvinozivikanwa nemasayendisiti. Ifungidziro chete: mhuka chaiyo ingangodai yaitaridzika zvakasiyana, uye hapana anoziva mavara ayo chaiwo.
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Mibvunzo inonyanya kubvunzwa nezve Radiodactylus

?How big was Radiodactylus?

Radiodactylus was a large-sized pterosaur, but no exact wingspan or weight is given in the sources. It was smaller than the giant azhdarchids that came later.1

?What did Radiodactylus eat?

Radiodactylus was a piscivore, meaning it ate fish. It soared over ancient seas to catch its food.3

?Was Radiodactylus a dinosaur?

No, Radiodactylus was a pterosaur, a flying reptile, not a dinosaur. Pterosaurs are a separate group of reptiles that lived at the same time as dinosaurs.1

?When did Radiodactylus live?

Radiodactylus lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 119 to 112 million years ago.1

Zvevanyanzvi vemadhino

Zita resainzi
Radiodactylus
Akaripa zita:
Andres and Myers 20133
Boka
Zvinokambaira zvinobhururuka
Mhuri / boka
Neoazhdarchia3
Kurongwa kwemhuka
Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea3
Zera rematombo
makore mamiriyoni 113 kusvika 110 (Albian)3
Mapoka ematombo
Glen Rose Limestone3
Nyika
Amerika3
Zvinyorwa zvemafosiri
1 mu The Paleobiology Database3
Kuwanikwa
Radiodactylus was first described by Phillip Murry and colleagues in 1991, but it was named and given its own genus by Brian Andres and Timothy S. Myers in 2013. The fossil was found at the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant in Texas.1
Zvichiri kupokanwa
Scientists are not sure exactly how Radiodactylus is related to other pterosaurs. Some studies place it as a close cousin of the azhdarchids, while others put it in a different group called Neopterodactyloidea.1

Kunobva chokwadi

  1. Radiodactylus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Radiodactylus langstoni | Pterosaur Database by DinoAnimals.com (dinoanimals.com)
  3. Radiodactylus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): zera, nzvimbo, mapoka ematombo, kurongwa kwemhuka.

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