Caupedactylus
Caupedactylus was a flying reptile with a big, thin crest on its head. It had no teeth and used its beak to eat fruit. It lived about 110 million years ago in what is now Brazil.13
መዓስ እዩ ዝነበረ?
ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?
ኣኽናፉ ክንደይ ሰፊሖም ነይሮም?
ከም 2 ብሽክለታታት ብመስርዕ ዝሰፍሑ ኣኽናፍ⚽ምሉእ ሜዳ ኩዕሶ እግሪ ኣብ 6.5 ካልኢት ክነፍሮ ይኽእል ነበረምሳኻ ክነጻጸር Caupedactylus ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?
ኣብ ብራውዘርካ ቀሊል ሕሳብ ጥራይ። ዝዕቀብ ወይ ናብ ዝኾነ ቦታ ዝለኣኽ የለን።
ክንደይ ቅልጡፍ ነይሩ?
ደስ ዝብሉ ሓቅታት
Caupedactylus had a wingspan of about 3.3 metres (11 feet), making it the largest known tapejarine pterosaur.1
Its skull was about 46 centimetres long and had a large, rounded crest that was only half a millimetre thick at the top.1
The tip of its snout curved downward, and its upper jaw had a slightly concave lower edge.1
The crest on its snout had grooves that may have held blood vessels, possibly helping with temperature control.2
Its lower jaw had a thick, slightly convex surface at the rear, and when closed it fit tightly against the upper jaw with no gap.1
The holotype specimen (MN 4726-V) is an adult, which is rare for pterosaurs from this formation.1

ብዛዕባ Caupedactylus ብብዝሒ ዝሕተቱ ሕቶታት
?What did Caupedactylus eat?
It ate fruit. Its beak had no teeth, and the Paleobiology Database lists it as a volant frugivore, meaning a flying fruit-eater.3
?How big was Caupedactylus?
Its wingspan was about 3.3 metres, making it the largest known tapejarine pterosaur. Its skull was about 46 centimetres long.1
?When did Caupedactylus live?
It lived about 110 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period (Albian stage).1
?Where was Caupedactylus found?
Its fossils were found in the Romualdo Formation of the Araripe Basin in northeastern Brazil.1
ንክኢላታት ዳይኖሰር
- ሳይንሳዊ ስም
- Caupedactylus
- ዝሰመዮ
- Kellner 20133
- ጉጅለ
- ዝነፍሩ ተሳሓብቲ
- ስድራ / ክላድ
- Tapejaridae3
- ምድባ
- Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea3
- ዕድመ እቶም ኣኻውሕ
- 120 ክሳብ 113 ሚልዮን ዓመት (Aptian)3
- ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት
- Crato3
- ሃገራት
- ብራዚል3
- መዛግብቲ ፎሲል
- 1 ኣብ The Paleobiology Database3
- ርኽበት
- Caupedactylus was named and described by Alexander Kellner in 2013 based on a partial skeleton found in the Romualdo Formation of Brazil.13
- ገና ዘከራኽር
- Scientists are still debating whether the bones in the front of the palate are part of the palatine bones or the maxillae.1
ሓቅታት ካበይ ይመጹ
- Caupedactylus (en.wikipedia.org)
- A new unusual tapejarid (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from the Early Cretaceous Romualdo Formation, Araripe Basin, Brazil (cambridge.org)
- Caupedactylus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ዕድመ፣ ቦታታት፣ ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት፣ ምድባ።
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