Aussiedraco

Leina le raya: “Australian dragon”1

E jele: DitlhapiDigagabi tse di fofangTshimologo ya CretaceousKa saense, ga se dinosoro

Aussiedraco was a flying reptile that soared over the ancient seas of Australia about 105 million years ago. It had a long, toothy beak and likely snatched fish from the water. Only a piece of its lower jaw has been found, but that was enough for scientists to name it a new species.2 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 106 go ya go 100 tse di fetileng5

Tshimologo ya Cretaceous

Difosili di fitlhetswe kwa

Queensland, Australia2 1

Bonako jo bogolo

e ka nna 52 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 bonako go le kae?

Motho yo o tsamayang e ka nna 5 km/h (3 mph)

Ngwana mo baesekeleng e ka nna 12 km/h (7 mph)

Aussiedraco e ka nna 52 km/h (32 mph)

Pitse e e sianang ka bonako e ka nna 65 km/h (40 mph)

Lengau e ka nna 100 km/h (62 mph)

dilo tse di monate

Dintlha tse di monate

Aussiedraco is only the second pterosaur ever named from Australia.3

Its name means 'Australian dragon', 'Aussie' is a nickname for Australian, and 'draco' is Latin for dragon.1

The only known fossil is a piece of the lower jaw, called a mandibular symphysis, that is 88 mm long.1

The jaw has five tooth sockets on each side, and one still held a tiny replacement tooth.1

Aussiedraco lived during the Albian age of the Early Cretaceous, about 106 to 100 million years ago.2

Its fossils were found in the Toolebuc Formation, which was once a shallow sea.2 1

Setshwantsho sa Aussiedraco se se dirilweng ke AI — Setshwantsho se se dirilweng ke AI sa kafa Aussiedraco 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.

o botsitse

Dipotso tse di botswang thata ka ga Aussiedraco

?How big was Aussiedraco?

Nobody knows for sure because only a piece of its lower jaw, 88 mm long, has been found. Scientists cannot estimate its full size from just that fragment.4 1

?What did Aussiedraco eat?

Aussiedraco likely ate fish. Its long, toothy beak and the way its teeth could interlock suggest it snatched fish from the water.4

?When did Aussiedraco live?

Aussiedraco lived during the Early Cretaceous, about 105 to 100 million years ago, in the Albian age.4

?Is Aussiedraco a dinosaur?

No. Aussiedraco is a pterosaur, a flying reptile, not a dinosaur.4

Ya baitseanape ba didino

Leina la saense: Aussiedraco
Leina le neilwe ke: Kellner et al. 20115
Setlhopha: Digagabi tse di fofang
Lelapa / clade: Pteranodontoidea5
Thulaganyo: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea5
Bogolo jwa matlapa: 106 go ya go 100 dimilione tsa dingwaga (Albian)5
Dibopego tsa matlapa: Toolebuc5
Dinaga: Ositerelia5
Direkoto tsa difosili: 1 mo The Paleobiology Database5
Go fitlhelwa: The fossil was first reported in 1980 by Ralph Molnar and others, who thought it belonged to a pterosaur from England. In 2011, scientists Alexander Kellner, Taissa Rodrigues and Fabiana Costa studied it again and named it Aussiedraco molnari after Molnar.1 3
Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa: Scientists are not sure exactly how big Aussiedraco was, because only a piece of its jaw has been found.1

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

Short note on a pteranodontoid pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea) from western Queensland, Australia (scielo.br)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Short note on a Pteranodontoid pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea) from western Queensland, Australia (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
Aussiedraco (en.wikipedia.org)
Aussiedraco in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.

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