Tethydraco
Tethydraco was a flying reptile that soared over the ancient Tethys Sea, where Africa is today. It had a wingspan of about 5 metres, as wide as a small car, and hunted fish from the air.2
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Tethydraco lived about 66 million years ago, just before the dinosaurs went extinct.1
Its name means 'Tethys dragon', after the ancient Tethys Sea that once covered part of Africa.1
The only known fossil of Tethydraco is a left upper arm bone, called a humerus.2
Scientists think Tethydraco was a pteranodontid, a group of pterosaurs that glided over oceans like modern seabirds.2
Tethydraco was about the size of other pteranodontids, with a wingspan around 5 metres.2
Its fossils were found in phosphate mines in Morocco, alongside many other marine animals like sharks and mosasaurs.2

Mibvunzo inonyanya kubvunzwa nezve Tethydraco
?Was Tethydraco a dinosaur?
No, Tethydraco was a pterosaur, a flying reptile, not a dinosaur.1
?How big was Tethydraco?
Tethydraco had a wingspan of about 5 metres (16 feet) and weighed around 15 kilograms (33 pounds).1
?What did Tethydraco eat?
Tethydraco was a piscivore, meaning it ate fish, which it hunted from the air over the sea.3
?When did Tethydraco live?
Tethydraco lived about 66 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period, just before the non-avian dinosaurs went extinct.1
Zvevanyanzvi vemadhino
- Zita resainzi
- Tethydraco
- Akaripa zita:
- Longrich et al. 20183
- Boka
- Zvinokambaira zvinobhururuka
- Mhuri / boka
- Pteranodontidae3
- Kurongwa kwemhuka
- Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea > Pteranodontidae3
- Zera rematombo
- makore mamiriyoni 72 kusvika 66 (Maastrichtian)3
- Mapoka ematombo
- Couche III3
- Nyika
- Morocco3
- Zvinyorwa zvemafosiri
- 2 mu The Paleobiology Database3
- Kuwanikwa
- Tethydraco was named in 2018 by Nicholas Longrich, David Martill and Brian Andres. The fossils were found in phosphate mines in Morocco.1
- Zvichiri kupokanwa
- Some scientists think Tethydraco might actually be an azhdarchid pterosaur, not a pteranodontid, but others disagree.1
Kunobva chokwadi
- Tethydraco (en.wikipedia.org)
- Late Maastrichtian pterosaurs from North Africa and mass extinction of Pterosauria at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary | PLOS Biology (journals.plos.org)
- Tethydraco in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): zera, nzvimbo, mapoka ematombo, kurongwa kwemhuka.
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