Ardeadactylus
Ardeadactylus was a pterosaur that lived in the Late Jurassic period, about 152 million years ago. It had a long neck and long legs, like a heron, and probably ate fish. It flew over the warm seas of what is now Germany.1
E phetse neng?
E ne e le kgolo hakae?
Mapheo a yona a ne a pharaletse hakae?
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E ne e le lebelo hakae?
Dintlha tse monate
Ardeadactylus had only 15 teeth in each jaw, fewer than its relative Pterodactylus, and those teeth were larger.1
Its name comes from Ardea, which means 'heron', because scientists think it looked like a heron with its long neck and legs.1
Only two fossils of Ardeadactylus are known today. One is kept at the Jura Museum in Eichstätt, Germany.1
The first fossil of Ardeadactylus was found in 1853 near Eichstätt, but it was destroyed during World War II.1
Ardeadactylus lived in the Late Jurassic, about 152 to 145 million years ago, during the Kimmeridgian and Tithonian ages.2
Scientists think Ardeadactylus may have hunted larger fish than its cousin Pterodactylus, because its teeth were bigger.1

Dipotso tse botswang haholo ka Ardeadactylus
?How big was Ardeadactylus?
Its wingspan was about 1.45 metres (4.8 feet), and one specimen was about 1.6 metres (5.2 feet).1
?What did Ardeadactylus eat?
It ate fish. It had larger teeth than its relative Pterodactylus, so it probably hunted bigger fish.1
?Is Ardeadactylus a dinosaur?
No, it is a pterosaur, which is a flying reptile that lived at the same time as dinosaurs but is not a dinosaur.1
Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa didinosaure
- Lebitso la saense
- Ardeadactylus
- E rehilwe ke
- Bennett 20134
- Sehlopha
- Dihahabi tse fofang
- Lelapa / leloko
- Pterodactyloidea4
- Tlhophiso
- Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea4
- Dilemo tsa mafika
- dilemo tse dimilione tse 152 ho isa ho 145 (Kimmeridgian / Tithonian)4
- Dibopeho tsa mafika
- Liegende Bankkalk, Solnhofen4
- Dinaha
- Jeremane4
- Direkoto tsa difosili
- 4 ho The Paleobiology Database4
- Ho sibollwa
- Ardeadactylus was first named as a species of Pterodactylus in 1854 by Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer. In 2013, scientist S. Christopher Bennett gave it its own genus, Ardeadactylus.13
- E sa ntse e phehwa kgang
- Scientists are not sure exactly how Ardeadactylus is related to other pterosaurs. Some studies place it in the group Aurorazhdarchidae, but others disagree.1
Moo dintlha di tswang teng
- Ardeadactylus (en.wikipedia.org)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Ardeadactylus longicollum, new pterosaur; Pterodactylus revised (dml.reptilis.net)
- Ardeadactylus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dilemo, dibaka, dibopeho tsa mafika, tlhophiso.
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