Tethydraco
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
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ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?
ኣኽናፉ ክንደይ ሰፊሖም ነይሮም?
ክንደይ ከቢድ ነይሩ?
ከም 3 ብሽክለታታት ብመስርዕ ዝሰፍሑ ኣኽናፍ🍌ከም 120 ባናና ዝኸብድ⚽ምሉእ ሜዳ ኩዕሶ እግሪ ኣብ 5.5 ካልኢት ክነፍሮ ይኽእል ነበረምሳኻ ክነጻጸር Tethydraco ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?
ኣብ ብራውዘርካ ቀሊል ሕሳብ ጥራይ። ዝዕቀብ ወይ ናብ ዝኾነ ቦታ ዝለኣኽ የለን።
ክንደይ ቅልጡፍ ነይሩ?
ደስ ዝብሉ ሓቅታት
Tethydraco lived about 66 million years ago, just before the dinosaurs went extinct.1
Its name means 'Tethys dragon', after the ancient Tethys Sea that once covered part of Africa.1
The only known fossil of Tethydraco is a left upper arm bone, called a humerus.2
Scientists think Tethydraco was a pteranodontid, a group of pterosaurs that glided over oceans like modern seabirds.2
Tethydraco was about the size of other pteranodontids, with a wingspan around 5 metres.2
Its fossils were found in phosphate mines in Morocco, alongside many other marine animals like sharks and mosasaurs.2

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