Bennettazhia
Bennettazhia was a flying reptile that lived about 103 million years ago. It had a wingspan as wide as a small car and may have eaten shellfish like a seagull. This pterosaur lived along the coast of what is now Oregon, USA.12
E phetse neng?
E ne e le kgolo hakae?
Mapheo a yona a ne a pharaletse hakae?
mapheo a pharaletse jwaloka dibaesekele tse 2 ka mola⚽e ne e ka fofa ho tshela lebala lohle la bolo ya maoto ka metsotswana e 6Bennettazhia 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
Bennettazhia was first thought to be a species of Pteranodon, but later scientists realized it was a different kind of pterosaur.1
Its humerus (upper arm bone) was uncrushed and filled with a spongy tissue that made it strong but light. This helped scientists study how pterosaurs could launch from the ground.1
A fossil site in Oregon contained lots of broken ammonite shells and guano (poop) from pterosaurs. Scientists think Bennettazhia lived in big colonies on cliffs, like modern seagulls.2
Bennettazhia had a toothless beak with a hard tip, perfect for crushing shellfish.2
The name Bennettazhia honors scientist S. Christopher Bennett, who first suggested it was an azhdarchid pterosaur.1
Scientists are still debating whether Bennettazhia belongs to the Azhdarchidae, Dsungaripteridae, or Tapejaridae family.1

Dipotso tse botswang haholo ka Bennettazhia
?How big was Bennettazhia?
About 4 metres (13 feet) across the wings, which is as wide as a small car.1
?What did Bennettazhia eat?
It probably ate shellfish like clams and ammonites, using its toothless beak to crush them, similar to modern seagulls.12
?Was Bennettazhia a dinosaur?
No, it was a pterosaur, which is a flying reptile and not a dinosaur.1
Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa didinosaure
- Lebitso la saense
- Bennettazhia
- E rehilwe ke
- Nessov 19913
- Sehlopha
- Dihahabi tse fofang
- Lelapa / leloko
- Azhdarchidae3
- Tlhophiso
- Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea > Azhdarchidae3
- Dilemo tsa mafika
- dilemo tse dimilione tse 113 ho isa ho 100 (Albian)3
- Dibopeho tsa mafika
- Hudspeth, Hudspeth3
- Dinaha
- Amerika3
- Direkoto tsa difosili
- 2 ho The Paleobiology Database3
- Ho sibollwa
- In 1928, Charles Gilmore named a new species of Pteranodon from fossils found in Oregon. In 1991, Russian paleontologist Lev Nessov renamed it Bennettazhia because it was actually a different pterosaur.1
- E sa ntse e phehwa kgang
- Scientists are not sure which pterosaur family Bennettazhia belongs to. It has been placed in the Azhdarchidae, Dsungaripteridae, and Tapejaridae by different researchers.1
Moo dintlha di tswang teng
- Bennettazhia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Early Cretaceous pterosaur guano deposit from central Oregon, USA (idunn.no)
- Bennettazhia in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dilemo, dibaka, dibopeho tsa mafika, tlhophiso.
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