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Xericeps

Lebitso le bolela: “dry catcher, from Greek 'xeros' meaning dry and Latin 'capere' meaning to catch, referring to the Sahara Desert and its forceps-like beak”1

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

Xericeps was a flying reptile that lived in what is now the Sahara Desert in Morocco. It had a long, toothless beak that curved upward like a pair of tweezers. It probably used its beak to snatch fish from rivers and lakes.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 100 ho isa ho 94 tse fetileng3

Kretase ya Morao

Difosili di fumanwe ho

Aferdou N'Chaft, near Hassi el Begaa, Errachidia Province, southeastern Morocco3 1

Bophara ba mapheo

3 ho isa ho 8 m (9.8 ho isa ho 26 ft)1

Lebelo le phahameng ka ho fetisisa

e ka bang 83 km/h (52 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 4 ka molae ne e ka fofa ho tshela lebala lohle la bolo ya maoto ka metsotswana e 4.6

Xericeps 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)

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

Xericeps e ka bang 83 km/h (52 mph)

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

dintho tse monate

Dintlha tse monate

Xericeps is known only from a piece of its lower jaw. No other bones have been found yet.1

Its beak was curved upward, which is why its species name 'curvirostris' means 'curved snout'.1

Xericeps lived about 100 to 94 million years ago, during the mid-Cretaceous period.3 1

It was a toothless pterosaur, like other azhdarchoids. Its jaws had ridges and grooves on top.1 2

Xericeps is one of only three named pterosaurs from the Kem Kem beds of Morocco. This area was once a river system full of dinosaurs and flying reptiles.2

Scientists think Xericeps was a medium-sized pterosaur, with a wingspan likely between 3 and 8 metres (10 to 26 feet).1

Setshwantsho sa Xericeps se entsweng ke AI — Setshwantsho se entsweng ke AI, se bontshang kamoo Xericeps 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 Xericeps

?Is Xericeps a dinosaur?

No, Xericeps is a pterosaur, which is a flying reptile that lived alongside dinosaurs but is not a dinosaur itself.1

?How big was Xericeps?

It was medium sized for a pterosaur, with a wingspan estimated between 3 and 8 metres (10 to 26 feet). Scientists think it was likely closer to the lower end of that range.1 2

?What did Xericeps eat?

Xericeps probably used its long, curved, toothless beak to snatch fish from rivers and lakes.1

?Why did Xericeps have a curved beak?

Scientists think the upward curve helped it catch food, like fish, from water. The species name 'curvirostris' even means 'curved snout'.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa didinosaure

Lebitso la saense: Xericeps
E rehilwe ke: Martill et al. 20183
Sehlopha: Dihahabi tse fofang
Lelapa / leloko: Neoazhdarchia3
Tlhophiso: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea3
Dilemo tsa mafika: dilemo tse dimilione tse 100 ho isa ho 94 (Cenomanian)3
Dinaha: Moroko3
Direkoto tsa difosili: 1 ho The Paleobiology Database3
Ho sibollwa: The only known fossil of Xericeps was found by local mine workers at Aferdou N'Chaft in Morocco. British paleontologist David M. Martill bought it at the mine site in January 2017. He and his colleagues named it in 2018.1 2
E sa ntse e phehwa kgang: Scientists are not sure exactly which group of pterosaurs Xericeps belongs to. Some studies place it with the alanqids, others with the chaoyangopterids.1

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

Xericeps (en.wikipedia.org)
A new edentulous pterosaur from the Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of south eastern Morocco (sciencedirect.com)
Xericeps in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dilemo, dibaka, dibopeho tsa mafika, tlhophiso.

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