Ornithodesmus
Ornithodesmus was a flying reptile that lived about 125 million years ago. It was once thought to be a bird, but scientists now know it was a pterosaur. It soared over the floodplains of what is now the Isle of Wight in England.1
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ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?
ክንደይ ነዊሕ ነይሩ?
ከም 4 ኣናሙ ገዛ ካብ ኣፍንጫ ክሳብ ጭራ ዝነውሕ🍌ከም 10 ባናና ተሰሪዑ ዝነውሕ⚽ምሉእ ሜዳ ኩዕሶ እግሪ ኣብ 5.3 ካልኢት ክነፍሮ ይኽእል ነበረምሳኻ ክነጻጸር Ornithodesmus ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?
ኣብ ብራውዘርካ ቀሊል ሕሳብ ጥራይ። ዝዕቀብ ወይ ናብ ዝኾነ ቦታ ዝለኣኽ የለን።
ክንደይ ቅልጡፍ ነይሩ?
ደስ ዝብሉ ሓቅታት
Ornithodesmus was first described in 1887 by Harry Govier Seeley, who thought it was a bird because of its bird-like hip bones.1
The only known fossil of Ornithodesmus is a set of six fused vertebrae from the hip, called a sacrum.1
For many years, scientists mistakenly thought Ornithodesmus was a pterosaur, and other pterosaur fossils were given the same name. Those fossils were later renamed Istiodactylus in 2001.1
The name Ornithodesmus comes from Greek words meaning 'bird link', because Seeley thought it was a link between birds and dinosaurs.1
The species name cluniculus means 'little buttock' in Latin, a reference to the small thigh muscles suggested by the fossil.1
Ornithodesmus lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 125 million years ago, in a floodplain environment with rivers and lakes.1

ብዛዕባ Ornithodesmus ብብዝሒ ዝሕተቱ ሕቶታት
?Is Ornithodesmus a dinosaur?
No, Ornithodesmus is a pterosaur, which is a flying reptile and not a dinosaur. While some fossils were once confused with dromaeosaurid dinosaurs, it is now classified as an azhdarchoid pterosaur.1
?How big was Ornithodesmus?
Ornithodesmus was small, with a total body length of about 1.5 to 1.8 metres. That is roughly the size of a large dog.1
?What did Ornithodesmus eat?
Nobody knows for sure what Ornithodesmus ate, but as an azhdarchoid pterosaur, it likely fed on small animals or insects. Previous associations with dromaeosaurid teeth were based on misidentifications.1
?When did Ornithodesmus live?
Ornithodesmus lived about 125 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period. It lived in a floodplain environment with rivers and lakes on what is now the Isle of Wight in England.1
ጽውጽዋይ ዘፍርስ
ጽውጽዋይ: Ornithodesmus was a bird.
ሓቂ: Ornithodesmus was actually a pterosaur, a flying reptile, not a bird. The confusion happened because its hip bones looked bird-like.1
ንክኢላታት ዳይኖሰር
- ሳይንሳዊ ስም
- Ornithodesmus
- ዝሰመዮ
- Seeley 18872
- ጉጅለ
- ዝነፍሩ ተሳሓብቲ
- ስድራ / ክላድ
- Ornithocheiroidea2
- ምድባ
- Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea2
- ዕድመ እቶም ኣኻውሕ
- 137 ክሳብ 121 ሚልዮን ዓመት (Valanginian / Barremian)2
- ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት
- Wadhurst Clay, Wessex2
- ሃገራት
- ዓባይ ብሪጣንያ2
- መዛግብቲ ፎሲል
- 2 ኣብ The Paleobiology Database2
- ርኽበት
- Ornithodesmus was named by Harry Govier Seeley in 1887 based on a fossil sacrum found by Reverend William Fox in Brook Bay, Isle of Wight, England.1
- ገና ዘከራኽር
- Scientists are still unsure exactly what type of pterosaur Ornithodesmus was, because the only known fossil is a small piece of the hip.1
ሓቅታት ካበይ ይመጹ
- Ornithodesmus (en.wikipedia.org)
- Ornithodesmus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ዕድመ፣ ቦታታት፣ ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት፣ ምድባ።
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