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Rhamphinion

ትርጉም ስሙ: “beak nape”1

ይበልዕ ነበረ: ዓሳዝነፍሩ ተሳሓብቲመጀመርታ ጁራሲክብቴክኒክ ዳይኖሰር ኣይኮነን

Rhamphinion was an early flying reptile that soared over what is now Arizona during the Early Jurassic. It was one of the first pterosaurs ever found in the Americas, but we only know it from a few pieces of its skull.1 2

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

ዝነበረሉ

ቅድሚ 200 ክሳብ 184 ሚልዮን ዓመት3

መጀመርታ ጁራሲክ

ፎሲላት ዝተረኽቡሉ

Kayenta Formation, northeastern Arizona, USA1 3

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)

Rhamphinion 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

Rhamphinion lived about 196 to 183 million years ago, during the Early Jurassic.1

The only known fossils are three pieces of skull: an occipital bone, part of a left jugal (cheek bone), and two teeth with a possible jaw fragment.1 2

Its name comes from Greek words meaning 'beak nape', because the fossils come from the back of the skull.1

When it was discovered in 1978, Rhamphinion was the oldest pterosaur known from the Western Hemisphere.1

The fossils were found by an expedition led by Farish A. Jenkins Jr., and the species name jenkinsi honors him.1

A nearly complete wing bone (fourth metacarpal) found nearby might belong to Rhamphinion, but scientists are not sure.1

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

?Is Rhamphinion a dinosaur?

No, Rhamphinion is a pterosaur, a flying reptile that is not a dinosaur.1

?How big was Rhamphinion?

Nobody knows for sure because only a few skull pieces have been found, but it was a small pterosaur.1

?What did Rhamphinion eat?

Scientists are not certain, but as a basal pterosaur it likely ate small animals like insects or fish.1

?When did Rhamphinion live?

Rhamphinion lived during the Early Jurassic, about 196 to 183 million years ago.1

ንክኢላታት ዳይኖሰር

ሳይንሳዊ ስም: Rhamphinion
ዝሰመዮ: Padian 19843
ጉጅለ: ዝነፍሩ ተሳሓብቲ
ስድራ / ክላድ: Rhamphorhynchoidea3
ምድባ: Pterosauria3
ዕድመ እቶም ኣኻውሕ: 200 ክሳብ 184 ሚልዮን ዓመት (Sinemurian / Pliensbachian)3
ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት: Kayenta3
ሃገራት: ኣመሪካ3
መዛግብቲ ፎሲል: 1 ኣብ The Paleobiology Database3
ርኽበት: Rhamphinion was named in 1984 by Kevin Padian based on skull fragments collected in 1978 from the Kayenta Formation of Arizona. The fossils were found by an expedition from Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology and the Museum of Northern Arizona.1 2
ገና ዘከራኽር: Scientists are not sure exactly where Rhamphinion fits in the pterosaur family tree because the fossils are so fragmentary. It might be related to Dimorphodon, but its classification remains uncertain.1