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Tethydraco

ትርጉም ስሙ: “Tethys dragon”1
ይበልዕ ነበረ: ዓሳዝነፍሩ ተሳሓብቲዳሕራይ ክሬታሸስብቴክኒክ ዳይኖሰር ኣይኮነን

Tethydraco was a flying reptile that soared over the ancient Tethys Sea, where Africa is today. It had a wingspan of about 5 metres, as wide as a small car, and hunted fish from the air.2

ደስ ዝብል ሓቂ: ፕተሮሰራት ኣብ ልዕሊ ዳይኖሰራት ይነፍሩ ነበሩ፣ ግን ባዕሎም ዳይኖሰራት ኣይነበሩን፣ ኣዝማዶም እዮም ነይሮም።
ዝነበረሉ
ቅድሚ 72 ክሳብ 66 ሚልዮን ዓመት3
ዳሕራይ ክሬታሸስ
ፎሲላት ዝተረኽቡሉ
Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco2
ስፍሓት ኣኽናፍ
5 m (16 ft)2
ክብደት
15 kg (33 lb)1
ዝለዓለ ቅልጣፈ
ኣስታት 69 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (43 ማይል/ሰ)
ምንፋር, ግምት

መዓስ እዩ ዝነበረ?

ትሪያሲክ
ጁራሲክ
ክሬታሸስ
ቅድሚ 252 ሚልዮን ዓመት20114566፣ እቲ ኣስተሮይድ

ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?

ኣኽናፉ ክንደይ ሰፊሖም ነይሮም?

Tethydraco ኣኽናፍ ካብ ጫፍ ክሳብ ጫፍ ኣስታት 5 ሜ (16 ft)ናይ ዓበይቲ ብሽክለታ ኣስታት 1.8 ሜ (5.9 ft)መኪና ኣስታት 4.5 ሜ (15 ft)ሓርማዝ፣ ሎሚ ኣብ ምድሪ ዝዓበየ እንስሳ ኣስታት 6.5 ሜ (21 ft)

ክንደይ ከቢድ ነይሩ?

ከም 4 ኣናሙ ገዛ ዝኸብድ
ከም 3 ብሽክለታታት ብመስርዕ ዝሰፍሑ ኣኽናፍከም 120 ባናና ዝኸብድምሉእ ሜዳ ኩዕሶ እግሪ ኣብ 5.5 ካልኢት ክነፍሮ ይኽእል ነበረ

ምሳኻ ክነጻጸር Tethydraco ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?

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

ክንደይ ቅልጡፍ ነይሩ?

ዘደንቑ ነገራት

ደስ ዝብሉ ሓቅታት

1

Tethydraco lived about 66 million years ago, just before the dinosaurs went extinct.1

2

Its name means 'Tethys dragon', after the ancient Tethys Sea that once covered part of Africa.1

3

The only known fossil of Tethydraco is a left upper arm bone, called a humerus.2

4

Scientists think Tethydraco was a pteranodontid, a group of pterosaurs that glided over oceans like modern seabirds.2

5

Tethydraco was about the size of other pteranodontids, with a wingspan around 5 metres.2

6

Its fossils were found in phosphate mines in Morocco, alongside many other marine animals like sharks and mosasaurs.2

ብAI ዝተሰርሐብAI ዝተሰርሐ ስእሊ ናይ Tethydraco
ብAI ዝተሰርሐ ስእሊ፣ Tethydraco 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 Tethydraco ብብዝሒ ዝሕተቱ ሕቶታት

?Was Tethydraco a dinosaur?

No, Tethydraco was a pterosaur, a flying reptile, not a dinosaur.1

?How big was Tethydraco?

Tethydraco had a wingspan of about 5 metres (16 feet) and weighed around 15 kilograms (33 pounds).1

?What did Tethydraco eat?

Tethydraco was a piscivore, meaning it ate fish, which it hunted from the air over the sea.3

?When did Tethydraco live?

Tethydraco lived about 66 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period, just before the non-avian dinosaurs went extinct.1

ንክኢላታት ዳይኖሰር

ሳይንሳዊ ስም
Tethydraco
ዝሰመዮ
Longrich et al. 20183
ጉጅለ
ዝነፍሩ ተሳሓብቲ
ስድራ / ክላድ
Pteranodontidae3
ምድባ
Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea > Pteranodontidae3
ዕድመ እቶም ኣኻውሕ
72 ክሳብ 66 ሚልዮን ዓመት (Maastrichtian)3
ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት
Couche III3
ሃገራት
ሞሮኮ3
መዛግብቲ ፎሲል
2 ኣብ The Paleobiology Database3
ርኽበት
Tethydraco was named in 2018 by Nicholas Longrich, David Martill and Brian Andres. The fossils were found in phosphate mines in Morocco.1
ገና ዘከራኽር
Some scientists think Tethydraco might actually be an azhdarchid pterosaur, not a pteranodontid, but others disagree.1

ሓቅታት ካበይ ይመጹ

  1. Tethydraco (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Late Maastrichtian pterosaurs from North Africa and mass extinction of Pterosauria at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary | PLOS Biology (journals.plos.org)
  3. Tethydraco in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ዕድመ፣ ቦታታት፣ ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት፣ ምድባ።

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