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Afrotapejara

ትርጉም ስሙ: “African Tapejara”1
ይበልዕ ነበረ: ፍረታትን ኣትክልትንዝነፍሩ ተሳሓብቲመጀመርታ ክሬታሸስ ክሳብ ዳሕራይ ክሬታሸስብቴክኒክ ዳይኖሰር ኣይኮነን

Afrotapejara was a flying reptile that lived in what is now Morocco. It had a downturned beak and no teeth, just like a modern bird. Scientists think it might have eaten fruit.14

ደስ ዝብል ሓቂ: ፕተሮሰራት ኣብ ልዕሊ ዳይኖሰራት ይነፍሩ ነበሩ፣ ግን ባዕሎም ዳይኖሰራት ኣይነበሩን፣ ኣዝማዶም እዮም ነይሮም።
ዝነበረሉ
ቅድሚ 106 ክሳብ 94 ሚልዮን ዓመት4
መጀመርታ ክሬታሸስ ክሳብ ዳሕራይ ክሬታሸስ
ፎሲላት ዝተረኽቡሉ
Kem Kem beds near Takmout, Erfoud, southern Morocco12
ዝለዓለ ቅልጣፈ
ኣስታት 52 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (32 ማይል/ሰ)
ምንፋር, ግምት

መዓስ እዩ ዝነበረ?

ትሪያሲክ
ጁራሲክ
ክሬታሸስ
ቅድሚ 252 ሚልዮን ዓመት20114566፣ እቲ ኣስተሮይድ

ክንደይ ቅልጡፍ ነይሩ?

ዘደንቑ ነገራት

ደስ ዝብሉ ሓቅታት

1

Afrotapejara is the first tapejarid pterosaur ever found in Africa.12

2

Its name means 'African Tapejara', because it comes from Africa and looks like the Brazilian pterosaur Tapejara.1

3

Afrotapejara had a downturned beak and no teeth, which is unusual for pterosaurs.1

4

It lived during the mid-Cretaceous period, about 106 to 94 million years ago.4

5

Only a partial jaw bone (the front part of the upper beak) has been found so far.1

6

The Kem Kem beds in Morocco, where Afrotapejara was found, are famous for many other pterosaurs and dinosaurs.1

ብAI ዝተሰርሐብAI ዝተሰርሐ ስእሊ ናይ Afrotapejara
ብAI ዝተሰርሐ ስእሊ፣ Afrotapejara ከመይ ይመስል ከም ዝነበረ ዘርኢ፣ ኮምፒተር ካብቲ ሳይንቲስታት ዝፈልጥዎ ዝሰርሖ። ግምት እዩ: እቲ ሓቀኛ እንስሳ ፍልይ ዝበለ ክመስል ይኽእል፣ ሓቀኛ ሕብሩ ድማ ዝፈልጦ የለን።
ንስኻ ሓቲትካ

ብዛዕባ Afrotapejara ብብዝሒ ዝሕተቱ ሕቶታት

?What did Afrotapejara eat?

Scientists think it might have eaten fruit, but no one knows for sure. It had no teeth, like a bird, and its beak shape is similar to animals that eat fruit.1

?Was Afrotapejara a dinosaur?

No, Afrotapejara was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived at the same time as dinosaurs. Pterosaurs are not dinosaurs.3

?How big was Afrotapejara?

Nobody knows for sure, because only a partial jaw bone has been found so far. Scientists can't tell its size from just that piece.3

?When did Afrotapejara live?

It lived during the mid-Cretaceous period, about 106 to 94 million years ago, in what is now Morocco.3

ንክኢላታት ዳይኖሰር

ሳይንሳዊ ስም
Afrotapejara
ዝሰመዮ
Martill et al. 20204
ጉጅለ
ዝነፍሩ ተሳሓብቲ
ስድራ / ክላድ
Tapejaridae4
ምድባ
Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea4
ዕድመ እቶም ኣኻውሕ
106 ክሳብ 94 ሚልዮን ዓመት (Albian / Cenomanian)4
ሃገራት
ሞሮኮ4
መዛግብቲ ፎሲል
2 ኣብ The Paleobiology Database4
ርኽበት
Afrotapejara was named in 2020 by David Martill and colleagues. The fossil was bought from a fossil trader in Erfoud, Morocco, and came from the Kem Kem beds near Takmout.12
ገና ዘከራኽር
Scientists are not sure what Afrotapejara's crest looked like, because only the front of its beak has been found.1

ሓቅታት ካበይ ይመጹ

  1. A new tapejarid (Pterosauria, Azhdarchoidea) from the mid (pure.port.ac.uk)
  2. A new tapejarid (Pterosauria, Azhdarchoidea) from the mid-Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of Takmout, southern Morocco (sciencedirect.com)
  3. Afrotapejara (en.wikipedia.org)
  4. Afrotapejara in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ዕድመ፣ ቦታታት፣ ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት፣ ምድባ።

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