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Aussiedraco

ትርጉም ስሙ: “Australian dragon”1

ይበልዕ ነበረ: ዓሳዝነፍሩ ተሳሓብቲመጀመርታ ክሬታሸስብቴክኒክ ዳይኖሰር ኣይኮነን

Aussiedraco was a flying reptile that soared over the ancient seas of Australia about 105 million years ago. It had a long, toothy beak and likely snatched fish from the water. Only a piece of its lower jaw has been found, but that was enough for scientists to name it a new species.2 1

ደስ ዝብል ሓቂ: ፕተሮሰራት ኣብ ልዕሊ ዳይኖሰራት ይነፍሩ ነበሩ፣ ግን ባዕሎም ዳይኖሰራት ኣይነበሩን፣ ኣዝማዶም እዮም ነይሮም።

ዝነበረሉ

ቅድሚ 106 ክሳብ 100 ሚልዮን ዓመት5

መጀመርታ ክሬታሸስ

ፎሲላት ዝተረኽቡሉ

Queensland, Australia2 1

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?

ዝኸይድ ሰብ ኣስታት 5 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (3 mph)

ብሽክለታ ዝጋልብ ቆልዓ ኣስታት 12 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (7 mph)

Aussiedraco ኣስታት 52 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (32 mph)

ብጉያ ዝኸይድ ፈረስ ኣስታት 65 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (40 mph)

ቺታ ኣስታት 100 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (62 mph)

ዘደንቑ ነገራት

ደስ ዝብሉ ሓቅታት

Aussiedraco is only the second pterosaur ever named from Australia.3

Its name means 'Australian dragon', 'Aussie' is a nickname for Australian, and 'draco' is Latin for dragon.1

The only known fossil is a piece of the lower jaw, called a mandibular symphysis, that is 88 mm long.1

The jaw has five tooth sockets on each side, and one still held a tiny replacement tooth.1

Aussiedraco lived during the Albian age of the Early Cretaceous, about 106 to 100 million years ago.2

Its fossils were found in the Toolebuc Formation, which was once a shallow sea.2 1

ብAI ዝተሰርሐ ስእሊ ናይ Aussiedraco — ብAI ዝተሰርሐ ስእሊ፣ Aussiedraco 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 Aussiedraco ብብዝሒ ዝሕተቱ ሕቶታት

?How big was Aussiedraco?

Nobody knows for sure because only a piece of its lower jaw, 88 mm long, has been found. Scientists cannot estimate its full size from just that fragment.4 1

?What did Aussiedraco eat?

Aussiedraco likely ate fish. Its long, toothy beak and the way its teeth could interlock suggest it snatched fish from the water.4

?When did Aussiedraco live?

Aussiedraco lived during the Early Cretaceous, about 105 to 100 million years ago, in the Albian age.4

?Is Aussiedraco a dinosaur?

No. Aussiedraco is a pterosaur, a flying reptile, not a dinosaur.4

ንክኢላታት ዳይኖሰር

ሳይንሳዊ ስም: Aussiedraco
ዝሰመዮ: Kellner et al. 20115
ጉጅለ: ዝነፍሩ ተሳሓብቲ
ስድራ / ክላድ: Pteranodontoidea5
ምድባ: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea5
ዕድመ እቶም ኣኻውሕ: 106 ክሳብ 100 ሚልዮን ዓመት (Albian)5
ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት: Toolebuc5
ሃገራት: ኣውስትራልያ5
መዛግብቲ ፎሲል: 1 ኣብ The Paleobiology Database5
ርኽበት: The fossil was first reported in 1980 by Ralph Molnar and others, who thought it belonged to a pterosaur from England. In 2011, scientists Alexander Kellner, Taissa Rodrigues and Fabiana Costa studied it again and named it Aussiedraco molnari after Molnar.1 3
ገና ዘከራኽር: Scientists are not sure exactly how big Aussiedraco was, because only a piece of its jaw has been found.1