Forfexopterus

Lebitso le bolela: “scissor wings”1

E jele: DitlhapiDihahabi tse fofangKretase ya PeleHa se dinosaure ho ya ka saense

Forfexopterus was a flying reptile that lived about 120 million years ago in what is now China. It had a long, low skull and many slender, curved teeth that it used to catch fish. With a wingspan of up to 3 metres, it was a large pterosaur for its time.1 3

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 121 ho isa ho 113 tse fetileng3

Kretase ya Pele

Difosili di fumanwe ho

Liaoning, China1 3

Bophara ba mapheo

1.78 ho isa ho 3 m (5.8 ho isa ho 9.8 ft)1 2

Lebelo le phahameng ka ho fetisisa

e ka bang 56 km/h (35 mph)

Ho fofa, kakanyo

E phetse neng?

Triasiki

Jurasiki

Kretase

Dilemo tse dimilione tse 252 tse fetileng20114566, asteroiti

E ne e le kgolo hakae?

Mapheo a yona a ne a pharaletse hakae?

mapheo a pharaletse jwaloka dibaesekele tse 1.5 ka molae ne e ka fofa ho tshela lebala lohle la bolo ya maoto ka metsotswana e 6.8

Forfexopterus 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?

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)

Forfexopterus e ka bang 56 km/h (35 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

Forfexopterus had a unique wing bone arrangement: the first bone of its wing finger was shorter than the second but longer than the third. No other pterosaur in its group had this.1

The larger fossil of Forfexopterus was a subadult, while the smaller one was an adult. This shows that different individuals grew at different rates.1 2

Forfexopterus lived in a lake environment. Fish and freshwater snail fossils were found on the same rock slab as one of its skeletons.1 2

Unlike many other ctenochasmatid pterosaurs, Forfexopterus did not have a spoon-shaped snout tip or crests on its head.1

The teeth of Forfexopterus were more curved than those of its close relatives. This may have helped it grab slippery fish.1

Forfexopterus had relatively small claws on its feet compared to its hand. Some scientists think its long foot bones helped it wade in water.1

Setshwantsho sa Forfexopterus se entsweng ke AI — Setshwantsho se entsweng ke AI, se bontshang kamoo Forfexopterus 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.

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa didinosaure

Lebitso la saense: Forfexopterus
E rehilwe ke: Jiang et al. 20163
Sehlopha: Dihahabi tse fofang
Lelapa / leloko: Ctenochasmatidae3
Tlhophiso: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea3
Dilemo tsa mafika: dilemo tse dimilione tse 121 ho isa ho 113 (Aptian)3
Dibopeho tsa mafika: Jiufotang3
Dinaha: Tjhaena3
Direkoto tsa difosili: 1 ho The Paleobiology Database3
Ho sibollwa: Forfexopterus was named in 2016 by Shunxing Jiang and colleagues. The first fossil was found by a local farmer near Lamadong Town, Liaoning, China, and later studied by scientists.1
E sa ntse e phehwa kgang: Scientists are not sure why the larger Forfexopterus fossil was less mature than the smaller one. It might be due to differences between males and females, but more fossils are needed to know for sure.1 2

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

Forfexopterus (en.wikipedia.org)
FR - A new wing skeleton of Forfexopterus (Pterosauria: Ctenochasmatidae) from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota reveals a developmental variation (fr.copernicus.org)
Forfexopterus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dilemo, dibaka, dibopeho tsa mafika, tlhophiso.

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