Eotephradactylus

Lebitso le bolela: “ash-winged dawn goddess”1

E jele: DitlhapiDihahabi tse fofangTriasiki ya MoraoHa se dinosaure ho ya ka saense

Eotephradactylus was a seagull-sized flying reptile that lived about 209 million years ago in what is now Arizona, USA. It had a long jaw full of teeth and probably ate fish with tough, armor-like scales.1 2

Ntlha e monate: dipterosaure di ne di fofa kahodimo ho didinosaure, empa e ne e le batswala ba tsona, e seng didinosaure ka botsona.

E phetse

dilemo tse dimilione tse 227 ho isa ho 206 tse fetileng4

Triasiki ya Morao

Difosili di fumanwe ho

Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, USA4 1

Lebelo le phahameng ka ho fetisisa

e ka bang 52 km/h (32 mph)

Ho fofa, kakanyo

E phetse neng?

Triasiki

Jurasiki

Kretase

Dilemo tse dimilione tse 252 tse fetileng20114566, asteroiti

E ne e le lebelo hakae?

Motho ya tsamayang ka maoto e ka bang 5 km/h (3 mph)

Ngwana a palame baesekele e ka bang 12 km/h (7 mph)

Eotephradactylus e ka bang 52 km/h (32 mph)

Pere e mathang ka matla e ka bang 65 km/h (40 mph)

Lengau e ka bang 100 km/h (62 mph)

dintho tse monate

Dintlha tse monate

Eotephradactylus is one of the oldest pterosaurs ever found in North America.2

Its jawbone was discovered inside a block of rock that was being prepared in a lab, not in the field.1

The tips of its teeth were worn down, which suggests it chewed on hard fish scales or shells.1

It lived in a hot, drying part of the supercontinent Pangaea, near the equator.1

The same bonebed where Eotephradactylus was found also contained one of the world's oldest turtle fossils.2

Its name comes from Greek words meaning 'dawn', 'ash', and 'wing', because it was found in volcanic ash.1

Setshwantsho sa Eotephradactylus se entsweng ke AI — Setshwantsho se entsweng ke AI, se bontshang kamoo Eotephradactylus e ka beng e ne e shebahala kateng, se entswe ke khomphutha ho ya ka seo bo-ramahlale ba se tsebang. Ke ho hakanya feela: phoofolo ya nnete e ka nna ya ba e ne e shebahala ka tsela e nngwe, mme ha ho motho ya tsebang mebala ya yona ya nnete.

o botsitse

Dipotso tse botswang haholo ka Eotephradactylus

?How big was Eotephradactylus?

About the size of a small seagull. Its jaw was about 4.3 cm long, and its wingspan was probably around 1 m.3

?What did Eotephradactylus eat?

It probably ate hard-shelled invertebrates or fish with tough, armor-like scales. The tips of its teeth were worn down from chewing.3 1

?Is Eotephradactylus a dinosaur?

No, it is a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived alongside dinosaurs. It is not a dinosaur.3

?When did Eotephradactylus live?

It lived about 209 million years ago, during the Late Triassic period. That is around 7 million years before the end-Triassic extinction.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa didinosaure

Lebitso la saense: Eotephradactylus
E rehilwe ke: Kligman et al. 20254
Sehlopha: Dihahabi tse fofang
Lelapa / leloko: Pterosauria4
Tlhophiso: Pterosauria4
Dilemo tsa mafika: dilemo tse dimilione tse 227 ho isa ho 206 (Norian)4
Dibopeho tsa mafika: Chinle4
Dinaha: Amerika4
Direkoto tsa difosili: 1 ho The Paleobiology Database4
Ho sibollwa: Eotephradactylus was named by Ben Kligman and colleagues in 2025. The specimen was discovered by Suzanne McIntire while she was preparing a rock block in the lab at Petrified Forest National Park.1 2
E sa ntse e phehwa kgang: Scientists are not sure exactly how big Eotephradactylus was, because only its jawbone has been found so far.1

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

Unusual bone bed reveals a vertebrate community with pterosaurs and turtles in equatorial Pangaea before the end-Triassic extinction - PMC (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
si.edu (si.edu)
Eotephradactylus (en.wikipedia.org)
Eotephradactylus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dilemo, dibaka, dibopeho tsa mafika, tlhophiso.

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