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Zhejiangopterus

ትርጉም ስሙ: “Zhejiang wing, named after the Chinese province where it was found”1

ይበልዕ ነበረ: ዓሳዝነፍሩ ተሳሓብቲዳሕራይ ክሬታሸስብቴክኒክ ዳይኖሰር ኣይኮነን

Zhejiangopterus was a huge flying reptile that lived in ancient China. It had a long, toothless beak like a modern bird and a wingspan wider than a car is long. It soared over the Late Cretaceous skies hunting for fish.3 1

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

ዝነበረሉ

ቅድሚ 84 ክሳብ 72 ሚልዮን ዓመት3

ዳሕራይ ክሬታሸስ

ፎሲላት ዝተረኽቡሉ

Aolicun village, Shangpanzhen, Linhai, Zhejiang Province, China3 1

ስፍሓት ኣኽናፍ

5 m (16 ft)1

ክብደት

7.9 kg (17 lb)2

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?

ክንደይ ከቢድ ነይሩ?

ከም 2 ኣናሙ ገዛ ዝኸብድ

ከም 3 ብሽክለታታት ብመስርዕ ዝሰፍሑ ኣኽናፍዳርጋ ከም ድሙ ገዛ ዝኸብድከም 66 ባናና ዝኸብድምሉእ ሜዳ ኩዕሶ እግሪ ኣብ 5.5 ካልኢት ክነፍሮ ይኽእል ነበረ

ምሳኻ ክነጻጸር Zhejiangopterus 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)

ብጉያ ዝኸይድ ፈረስ ኣስታት 65 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (40 mph)

Zhejiangopterus ኣስታት 69 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (43 mph)

ቺታ ኣስታት 100 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (62 mph)

ዘደንቑ ነገራት

ደስ ዝብሉ ሓቅታት

Zhejiangopterus had no teeth at all. Its beak was long, thin and pointed, perfect for grabbing fish.1

Its skull was long and low, with a single large oval opening that took up nearly half the length of the head.1

The wing finger metacarpal bone was longer than the combined radius and ulna bones in the arm.1

Its thigh bone was about one and a half times longer than its upper arm bone.1

Zhejiangopterus lived around 81.5 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.1

It was discovered by a local villager named Chengfa Xu in 1986 while he was splitting rocks in a quarry.1

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

?How big was Zhejiangopterus?

Its wingspan was first estimated at 5 meters (16.4 feet), but later estimates reduced it to about 3.5 meters (11.5 feet). Its body mass was around 7.9 kilograms (roughly 17 pounds).2

?Did Zhejiangopterus have teeth?

No, it had no teeth at all. Its beak was long, thin, and sharply pointed.2

?What did Zhejiangopterus eat?

It likely ate fish, grabbing them with its long, toothless beak.2

?When did Zhejiangopterus live?

It lived about 81.5 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous Period.2

?Where was Zhejiangopterus found?

It was discovered in Zhejiang Province, China, near the city of Linhai.2

?Is Zhejiangopterus a dinosaur?

No, it is a pterosaur, a flying reptile that is not a dinosaur.2

ንክኢላታት ዳይኖሰር

ሳይንሳዊ ስም: Zhejiangopterus
ዝሰመዮ: Cai and Wei 19943
ጉጅለ: ዝነፍሩ ተሳሓብቲ
ስድራ / ክላድ: Azhdarchidae3
ምድባ: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea > Azhdarchidae3
ዕድመ እቶም ኣኻውሕ: 84 ክሳብ 72 ሚልዮን ዓመት (Campanian)3
ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት: Tangshang3
ሃገራት: ቻይና3
መዛግብቲ ፎሲል: 1 ኣብ The Paleobiology Database3
ርኽበት: Zhejiangopterus was named in 1994 by Chinese paleontologists Cai Zhengquan and Wei Feng. The first fossils were found in 1986 by a villager named Chengfa Xu in a quarry near Linhai, Zhejiang, China.3 1
ገና ዘከራኽር: Scientists are not sure whether Zhejiangopterus belongs to the family Nyctosauridae or Azhdarchidae. Different studies place it in different groups.3 1