Barbosania
Barbosania was a flying reptile that soared over ancient seas. It had a long, slender snout and no crest on its head. It used its sharp teeth to catch slippery fish.1
E phetse neng?
E ne e le kgolo hakae?
E ne e le telele hakae?
Barbosania e ne e le kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?
Ke dipalo feela ho browser ya hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.
E ne e le lebelo hakae?
Dintlha tse monate
Barbosania had no crest on its snout or head, which is unusual for its group.1
It had 13 back vertebrae, while most related pterosaurs had 12.1
Its skull was about 392 millimetres (15.4 inches) long, and its body was about 209.5 millimetres (8.2 inches) long.1
The first four pairs of teeth were very long, forming a basket-like trap for slippery prey.1
It had at least 24 teeth in the upper jaw and 20 in the lower jaw, for a total of 88 teeth.1
The fossil was probably from a subadult, but some bones were fused, which is confusing.1

Dipotso tse botswang haholo ka Barbosania
?How big was Barbosania?
Its skull was about 392 millimetres (15.4 inches) long and its body was about 209.5 millimetres (8.2 inches) long. It was a medium-sized pterosaur.1
?Did Barbosania have a crest?
No, Barbosania had no crest on its snout or head. This is unusual for its group and helps tell it apart from other pterosaurs.1
?What did Barbosania eat?
It ate slippery prey like fish or squids. Its first four pairs of teeth were very long and formed a basket-like trap to catch them.1
Mosenyi wa ditshomo
Tshomo: Some people think Barbosania is a dinosaur because it lived long ago and had teeth.
Nnete: Barbosania is a pterosaur, a flying reptile, not a dinosaur.1
Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa didinosaure
- Lebitso la saense
- Barbosania
- E rehilwe ke
- Elgin and Frey 20112
- Sehlopha
- Dihahabi tse fofang
- Lelapa / leloko
- Ornithocheiridae2
- Tlhophiso
- Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea2
- Dilemo tsa mafika
- dilemo tse dimilione tse 120 ho isa ho 113 (Aptian)2
- Dibopeho tsa mafika
- Crato, Romualdo2
- Dinaha
- Brazil2
- Direkoto tsa difosili
- 2 ho The Paleobiology Database2
- Ho sibollwa
- Barbosania was named by Ross A. Elgin and Eberhard Frey in 2011. The fossil was bought from fossil poachers and is now in a museum in Portugal.1
- E sa ntse e phehwa kgang
- Scientists are not sure if Barbosania was fully grown, because some bones were fused but others were not.1
Moo dintlha di tswang teng
- Barbosania (en.wikipedia.org)
- Barbosania in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dilemo, dibaka, dibopeho tsa mafika, tlhophiso.
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