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Mesadactylus

Lebitso le bolela: “mesa finger”1
E jele: DitlhapiDihahabi tse fofangJurasiki ya MoraoHa se dinosaure ho ya ka saense

Mesadactylus was a small flying reptile that lived during the Late Jurassic period. It had a special backbone that was fused together, just like in birds. This pterosaur likely flew over the landscape of what is now Colorado, USA.1

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 152 ho isa ho 145 tse fetileng3
Jurasiki ya Morao
Difosili di fumanwe ho
Colorado, USA31
Bophara ba mapheo
1.5 ho isa ho 1.8 m (4.9 ho isa ho 5.9 ft)2
Lebelo le phahameng ka ho fetisisa
e ka bang 46 km/h (29 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?

Mesadactylus mapheo a ka bang 1.8 m ho tloha ntlheng ho isa ntlheng (5.9 ft)Ntja e ka bang 1 m (3.3 ft)Baesekele ya motho e moholo e ka bang 1.8 m (5.9 ft)Koloi e ka bang 4.5 m (15 ft)
telele jwaloka dikatse tsa lapeng tse 4 ho tloha nkong ho isa mohatlenge ne e ka fofa ho tshela lebala lohle la bolo ya maoto ka metsotswana e 8.2

Mesadactylus e ne e le kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?

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E ne e le lebelo hakae?

dintho tse monate

Dintlha tse monate

1

The first fossil of Mesadactylus was a synsacrum, which is a set of seven back bones fused together. This fusion is more common in birds than in pterosaurs.1

2

The name Mesadactylus means 'mesa finger', referring to the Mesa region where it was found.1

3

Some scientists think that a larger pterosaur called Kepodactylus might actually be the same animal as Mesadactylus, but there are small differences.1

4

Mesadactylus lived about 152 to 145 million years ago, during the Kimmeridgian and Tithonian ages of the Late Jurassic.3

5

The first fossil was found at the Dry Mesa Quarry in Colorado, which is part of the Morrison Formation.13

6

In 2007, scientist S. Christopher Bennett suggested that the main fossil and other bones assigned to Mesadactylus might actually come from different kinds of pterosaurs.1

E entswe ke AISetshwantsho sa Mesadactylus se entsweng ke AI
Setshwantsho se entsweng ke AI, se bontshang kamoo Mesadactylus 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 Mesadactylus

?Was Mesadactylus a dinosaur?

No, Mesadactylus was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived during the time of dinosaurs, but it is not a dinosaur.1

?How big was Mesadactylus?

The sources do not give a specific size for Mesadactylus, but it was a small pterosaur, as indicated by its small fossil remains.1

?What did Mesadactylus eat?

The sources do not describe what Mesadactylus ate, but as a small pterosaur it likely ate insects or small animals.1

?When did Mesadactylus live?

Mesadactylus lived during the Late Jurassic period, about 152 to 145 million years ago.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa didinosaure

Lebitso la saense
Mesadactylus
E rehilwe ke
Jensen and Padian 19893
Sehlopha
Dihahabi tse fofang
Lelapa / leloko
Pterodactyloidea3
Tlhophiso
Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea3
Dilemo tsa mafika
dilemo tse dimilione tse 152 ho isa ho 145 (Kimmeridgian / Tithonian)3
Dibopeho tsa mafika
Morrison3
Dinaha
Amerika3
Direkoto tsa difosili
1 ho The Paleobiology Database3
Ho sibollwa
Mesadactylus was named in 1989 by James Jensen and Kevin Padian. The first fossil, a synsacrum, was at first thought to be from a bird and was called Palaeopteryx.1
E sa ntse e phehwa kgang
Scientists are not sure if all the bones assigned to Mesadactylus really belong to the same animal. Some researchers think the main fossil might be from an anurognathid pterosaur, while other bones are from a pterodactyloid.1

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Mesadactylus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Mesadactylus ornithosphyos | Pterosaur Database by DinoAnimals.com (dinoanimals.com)
  3. Mesadactylus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dilemo, dibaka, dibopeho tsa mafika, tlhophiso.

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