Bellubrunnus
Bellubrunnus was a small flying reptile that lived about 150 million years ago in what is now Germany. It had a short tail and its wingtips curved forward, which is different from any other pterosaur. Scientists think it might have flown in a unique way.1
E phetse neng?
E ne e le lebelo hakae?
Dintlha tse monate
Bellubrunnus is known from only one fossil, a complete skeleton of a young juvenile.1
Unlike all other known pterosaurs, the wingtips of Bellubrunnus curve forward instead of backward.1
Bellubrunnus had 22 or fewer teeth in total, fewer than its close relative Rhamphorhynchus.1
Its tail was short and did not have the long bony rods that other similar pterosaurs had.1
The fossil was found in 2002 by Monika Rothgaenger, and the species is named after her.1
Bellubrunnus lived in a warm lagoon surrounded by coral reefs, about 150 million years ago.1
The name Bellubrunnus means 'beautiful one of Brunn', after the village where it was found.1

Dipotso tse botswang haholo ka Bellubrunnus
?How big was Bellubrunnus?
Bellubrunnus was very small, with a wingspan of less than 30 cm (about a foot). It is one of the smallest pterosaur fossils known.3
?What did Bellubrunnus eat?
Scientists are not certain, but its pointed teeth suggest it ate small animals like insects or fish. The fossil does not show any stomach contents.3
?Is Bellubrunnus a dinosaur?
No, Bellubrunnus is a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived at the same time as dinosaurs. Pterosaurs are not dinosaurs.3
Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa didinosaure
- Lebitso la saense
- Bellubrunnus
- E rehilwe ke
- Hone et al. 20124
- Sehlopha
- Dihahabi tse fofang
- Lelapa / leloko
- Rhamphorhynchidae4
- Tlhophiso
- Pterosauria > Rhamphorhynchidae4
- Dilemo tsa mafika
- dilemo tse dimilione tse 152 ho isa ho 149 (Kimmeridgian)4
- Dinaha
- Jeremane4
- Direkoto tsa difosili
- 1 ho The Paleobiology Database4
- Ho sibollwa
- Bellubrunnus was discovered in 2002 by Monika Rothgaenger at the Brunn quarry in Bavaria, Germany. It was named and described by scientists David Hone, Helmut Tischlinger, Eberhard Frey, and Martin Röper in 2012.1
- E sa ntse e phehwa kgang
- Scientists are not sure how Bellubrunnus flew with its forward-curved wingtips, since no other pterosaur has that feature.1
Moo dintlha di tswang teng
- A New Non-Pterodactyloid Pterosaur from the Late (journals.plos.org)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Bellubrunnus (en.wikipedia.org)
- Bellubrunnus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dilemo, dibaka, dibopeho tsa mafika, tlhophiso.
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