Kunpengopterus
Kunpengopterus was a flying reptile that lived in what is now China during the Jurassic Period. It had a long tail and a head like a bird, and it ate fish.23
መዓስ እዩ ዝነበረ?
ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?
ክንደይ ከቢድ ነይሩ?
ምሳኻ ክነጻጸር Kunpengopterus ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?
ኣብ ብራውዘርካ ቀሊል ሕሳብ ጥራይ። ዝዕቀብ ወይ ናብ ዝኾነ ቦታ ዝለኣኽ የለን።
ክንደይ ቅልጡፍ ነይሩ?
ደስ ዝብሉ ሓቅታት
Kunpengopterus sinensis is known from two nearly complete skeletons, one adult and one juvenile, found with fossilized vomit pellets nearby.3
The vomit pellets contain scales of palaeonisciform fish, proving that Kunpengopterus ate fish and could vomit indigestible parts.3
Both the adult and juvenile Kunpengopterus had similar teeth and could fly soon after hatching, like some other pterosaurs.3
The name Kunpengopterus comes from Chinese mythology: the Kun was a giant fish that could turn into the Peng, a huge bird.1
Kunpengopterus lived between about 168 and 152 million years ago, during the Late Jurassic Period.2
The type specimen of Kunpengopterus sinensis is an almost complete skeleton with a full skull and lower jaws.1

ብዛዕባ Kunpengopterus ብብዝሒ ዝሕተቱ ሕቶታት
?How big was Kunpengopterus?
Its head was about 10.7 centimetres (4.2 inches) long. The whole body was small, like a modern bird.1
?Did Kunpengopterus have feathers?
No, it did not have feathers. It had pycnofibers, which are thin, hair-like fibers, on its body.4
?What did Kunpengopterus eat?
It ate fish, especially palaeonisciform fish. Scientists know this because fossilized vomit pellets containing fish scales were found with its skeletons.5
?Could Kunpengopterus fly?
Yes, it could fly. Even young Kunpengopterus could fly soon after hatching, just like adults.5
ንክኢላታት ዳይኖሰር
- ሳይንሳዊ ስም
- Kunpengopterus
- ዝሰመዮ
- Wang et al. 20106
- ጉጅለ
- ዝነፍሩ ተሳሓብቲ
- ስድራ / ክላድ
- Wukongopteridae6
- ምድባ
- Pterosauria6
- ዕድመ እቶም ኣኻውሕ
- 168 ክሳብ 152 ሚልዮን ዓመት (Bathonian / Kimmeridgian)6
- ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት
- Tiaojishan6
- ሃገራት
- ቻይና6
- መዛግብቲ ፎሲል
- 2 ኣብ The Paleobiology Database6
- ርኽበት
- Kunpengopterus sinensis was named by Wang Xiaolin and colleagues in 2010, based on a fossil found in the Tiaojishan Formation of Liaoning, China.12
- ገና ዘከራኽር
- Scientists are not sure about the exact age of the rocks that contain Kunpengopterus fossils, which may be from the Middle or Late Jurassic.1
ሓቅታት ካበይ ይመጹ
- Kunpengopterus (en.wikipedia.org)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Two emetolite-pterosaur associations from the Late Jurassic of China: showing the first evidence for antiperistalsis in (royalsocietypublishing.org)
- New long-tailed pterosaurs (Wukongopteridae) from western Liaoning, China (dinodata.de)
- Two emetolite-pterosaur associations from the Late Jurassic of China: showing the first evidence for antiperistalsis in pterosaurs (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- Kunpengopterus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ዕድመ፣ ቦታታት፣ ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት፣ ምድባ።
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