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Melkamter

ትርጉም ስሙ: “winged lizard”1

ይበልዕ ነበረ: ሓሸራታትዝነፍሩ ተሳሓብቲመጀመርታ ጁራሲክብቴክኒክ ዳይኖሰር ኣይኮነን

Melkamter was a flying reptile that lived in what is now Argentina during the Early Jurassic. It had a single big opening in the side of its skull, which is a clue that it was an early relative of the later pterodactyls.2

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

ዝነበረሉ

ቅድሚ 183 ክሳብ 175 ሚልዮን ዓመት4

መጀመርታ ጁራሲክ

ፎሲላት ዝተረኽቡሉ

Queso Rallado, near Cerro Cóndor, Chubut Province, Argentina2 4

ስፍሓት ኣኽናፍ

ክሳብ 3.6 m (12 ft)3

ዝለዓለ ቅልጣፈ

ኣስታት 60 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (37 ማይል/ሰ)

ምንፋር, ግምት

መዓስ እዩ ዝነበረ?

ትሪያሲክ

ጁራሲክ

ክሬታሸስ

ቅድሚ 252 ሚልዮን ዓመት20114566፣ እቲ ኣስተሮይድ

ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?

ኣኽናፉ ክንደይ ሰፊሖም ነይሮም?

ከም 2 ብሽክለታታት ብመስርዕ ዝሰፍሑ ኣኽናፍምሉእ ሜዳ ኩዕሶ እግሪ ኣብ 6.3 ካልኢት ክነፍሮ ይኽእል ነበረ

ምሳኻ ክነጻጸር Melkamter ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?

ኣብ ብራውዘርካ ቀሊል ሕሳብ ጥራይ። ዝዕቀብ ወይ ናብ ዝኾነ ቦታ ዝለኣኽ የለን።

ክንደይ ቅልጡፍ ነይሩ?

ዝኸይድ ሰብ ኣስታት 5 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (3 mph)

ብሽክለታ ዝጋልብ ቆልዓ ኣስታት 12 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (7 mph)

Melkamter ኣስታት 60 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (37 mph)

ብጉያ ዝኸይድ ፈረስ ኣስታት 65 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (40 mph)

ቺታ ኣስታት 100 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (62 mph)

ዘደንቑ ነገራት

ደስ ዝብሉ ሓቅታት

Melkamter is the oldest known monofenestratan pterosaur, meaning it lived earlier than any other member of that group.2

Its name comes from the Tehuelche language: 'mel' means wing and 'kamter' means big lizard.2

The species name 'pateko' honors the Queso Rallado fossil site and the broken condition of the bones.2

Melkamter had a skull with a single opening in front of the eye, a feature that links it to later pterodactyloids.2

Its teeth were short, stout and cone-shaped, with gaps between them bigger than the tooth length, which is typical for insect-eaters.2

The fossil was found in the Cañadón Asfalto Formation, which has also yielded other pterosaurs, showing that Gondwana had a rich pterosaur fauna in the Early Jurassic.2

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

?How big was Melkamter?

Its preserved skull is 131.3 millimetres (5.17 inches) long, so it was a small pterosaur, about the size of a crow.1

?What did Melkamter eat?

It probably ate insects. Its teeth were short, stout and cone-shaped, with gaps between them bigger than the tooth length, which is typical for insect-eaters.2

?When did Melkamter live?

Melkamter lived during the Early Jurassic, about 183 to 174 million years ago. It is the oldest known monofenestratan pterosaur.2 1

ንክኢላታት ዳይኖሰር

ሳይንሳዊ ስም: Melkamter
ዝሰመዮ: Fernandes et al. 20244
ጉጅለ: ዝነፍሩ ተሳሓብቲ
ስድራ / ክላድ: Monofenestrata4
ምድባ: Pterosauria4
ዕድመ እቶም ኣኻውሕ: 183 ክሳብ 175 ሚልዮን ዓመት (Toarcian)4
ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት: Cañadón Asfalto4
ሃገራት: ኣርጀንቲና4
መዛግብቲ ፎሲል: 1 ኣብ The Paleobiology Database4
ርኽበት: Melkamter was named in 2024 by Fernandes, Pol and Rauhut based on a partial skull and other bones found at the Queso Rallado site in Argentina.2 4
ገና ዘከራኽር: Scientists are not sure whether Melkamter was fully a pterodactyloid or a more primitive monofenestratan, because it has a mix of old and new features.2