Caupedactylus
Caupedactylus was a flying reptile with a big, thin crest on its head. It had no teeth and used its beak to eat fruit. It lived about 110 million years ago in what is now Brazil.13
E phetse neng?
E ne e le kgolo hakae?
Mapheo a yona a ne a pharaletse hakae?
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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
Caupedactylus had a wingspan of about 3.3 metres (11 feet), making it the largest known tapejarine pterosaur.1
Its skull was about 46 centimetres long and had a large, rounded crest that was only half a millimetre thick at the top.1
The tip of its snout curved downward, and its upper jaw had a slightly concave lower edge.1
The crest on its snout had grooves that may have held blood vessels, possibly helping with temperature control.2
Its lower jaw had a thick, slightly convex surface at the rear, and when closed it fit tightly against the upper jaw with no gap.1
The holotype specimen (MN 4726-V) is an adult, which is rare for pterosaurs from this formation.1

Dipotso tse botswang haholo ka Caupedactylus
?What did Caupedactylus eat?
It ate fruit. Its beak had no teeth, and the Paleobiology Database lists it as a volant frugivore, meaning a flying fruit-eater.3
?How big was Caupedactylus?
Its wingspan was about 3.3 metres, making it the largest known tapejarine pterosaur. Its skull was about 46 centimetres long.1
?When did Caupedactylus live?
It lived about 110 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period (Albian stage).1
?Where was Caupedactylus found?
Its fossils were found in the Romualdo Formation of the Araripe Basin in northeastern Brazil.1
Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa didinosaure
- Lebitso la saense
- Caupedactylus
- E rehilwe ke
- Kellner 20133
- Sehlopha
- Dihahabi tse fofang
- Lelapa / leloko
- Tapejaridae3
- Tlhophiso
- Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea3
- Dilemo tsa mafika
- dilemo tse dimilione tse 120 ho isa ho 113 (Aptian)3
- Dibopeho tsa mafika
- Crato3
- Dinaha
- Brazil3
- Direkoto tsa difosili
- 1 ho The Paleobiology Database3
- Ho sibollwa
- Caupedactylus was named and described by Alexander Kellner in 2013 based on a partial skeleton found in the Romualdo Formation of Brazil.13
- E sa ntse e phehwa kgang
- Scientists are still debating whether the bones in the front of the palate are part of the palatine bones or the maxillae.1
Moo dintlha di tswang teng
- Caupedactylus (en.wikipedia.org)
- A new unusual tapejarid (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from the Early Cretaceous Romualdo Formation, Araripe Basin, Brazil (cambridge.org)
- Caupedactylus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dilemo, dibaka, dibopeho tsa mafika, tlhophiso.
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