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Alcione

Leina le raya: “from Alcyone, a woman in Greek myths who was turned into a seabird”1
E jele: DitlhapiDigagabi tse di fofangBofelo jwa CretaceousKa saense, ga se dinosoro

Alcione was a flying reptile that lived near the end of the Age of Dinosaurs. It had short, strong wings and probably flew fast over the sea. It may have dived into the water like a kingfisher to catch fish.1

Ntlha e e monate: dipterosoro di ne di fofa fa godimo ga dinosoro, mme e ne e le bontsala ba tsona, e seng dinosoro.
E tshetse
dimilione tsa dingwaga di le 72 go ya go 66 tse di fetileng5
Bofelo jwa Cretaceous
Difosili di fitlhetswe kwa
Ouled Abdoun Basin, Khouribga Province, Morocco1
Bophara jwa diphuka
1.8 go ya go 2.4 m (5.9 go ya go 7.9 ft)34
Bonako jo bogolo
e ka nna 51 km/h (32 mph)
Go fofa, kakanyo

E tshetse leng?

Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
dimilione tsa dingwaga di le 252 tse di fetileng20114566, asteroiti

E ne e le kgolo go le kae?

Diphuka tsa yona di ne di namegile go le kae?

Alcione diphuka di ka nna 2.4 m go tswa ntlheng go ya ntlheng (7.9 ft)Ntšwa e ka nna 1 m (3.3 ft)Baesekele ya motho yo mogolo e ka nna 1.8 m (5.9 ft)Koloi e ka nna 4.5 m (15 ft)
telele jaaka dikatse tsa mo gae di le 5 go tswa kwa nkong go ya kwa mogatlenge ne e ka fofa go kgabaganya lebala lotlhe la kgwele ya dinao mo metsotswaneng e le 7.4

Alcione e ne e le kgolo go le kae fa e bapisiwa le WENA?

Ke dipalo fela mo sebatling sa gago. Ga go sepe se se bolokwang kgotsa se se romelwang gope.

E ne e le bonako go le kae?

dilo tse di monate

Dintlha tse di monate

1

Alcione is the first nyctosaurid pterosaur ever found from the very end of the Cretaceous period in Africa.1

2

Its arm and hand bones were short and thick, which gave it a smaller wingspan than other nyctosaurids. This may have helped it fly fast or dive into water.1

3

The upper arm bone (humerus) of Alcione had a hatchet-shaped crest for muscle attachment, a clue that it was a nyctosaurid.1

4

Alcione lived about 72 to 66 million years ago, during the Maastrichtian stage. That is just before the big extinction that killed the non-bird dinosaurs.2

5

Scientists found Alcione in the same phosphate mines that have produced many other pterosaurs, like Phosphatodraco, and marine reptiles.1

6

Alcione was a small pterosaur compared to some of its giant relatives. Its short wings suggest it did not soar like a frigatebird but flapped more often.1

E dirilwe ke AISetshwantsho sa Alcione se se dirilweng ke AI
Setshwantsho se se dirilweng ke AI sa kafa Alcione e ka tswang e ne e lebega ka gone, se dirilwe ke khomputara go ya ka se borasaense ba se itseng. Ke kakanyo fela: phologolo ya nnete e ka tswa e ne e lebega ka tsela e sele, mme ga go ope yo o itseng mebala ya yona ya nnete.

Ya baitseanape ba didino

Leina la saense
Alcione
Leina le neilwe ke
Longrich et al. 20185
Setlhopha
Digagabi tse di fofang
Lelapa / clade
Aponyctosauria5
Thulaganyo
Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea5
Bogolo jwa matlapa
72 go ya go 66 dimilione tsa dingwaga (Maastrichtian)5
Dibopego tsa matlapa
Couche III5
Dinaga
Moroko5
Direkoto tsa difosili
1 mo The Paleobiology Database5
Go fitlhelwa
Alcione was named in 2018 by Nicholas Longrich and colleagues. The first fossils were found in the Couche III layer at Sidi Daoui, Morocco, in a phosphate mine.21
Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa
Scientists are not sure whether Alcione used its short wings for fast flapping flight or for plunge-diving into the sea after fish.1

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Late Maastrichtian pterosaurs from North Africa and mass extinction of Pterosauria at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary | PLOS Biology (journals.plos.org)
  2. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  3. Alcione elainus (en.wikipedia.org)
  4. Alcione elainus (en.wikipedia.org)
  5. Alcione in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.

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